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Hannah I would be very interested to heAr more.Geoffrey Suffling Cross , my uncle got onto an HMS Anking life raft but drowned when it overturned near an island. One of the survivors ( Arthur Topping- I think that's the name) got ashore and was then in a Japanese POW camp. After the war he kindly contacted my grandmother to let her know what had happened to her son Geoffrey. I think Geoffrey may have been on the same raft as your relative, so I would love to hear more about the diary.
Very best wishes,
Jane

Hi Janet,
My uncle was on HMS Anking and got onto a life raft which drifted for many days, it overturned as they were nearing an Island and all but a couple drowned, including my uncle. I can't seem to understand the site well enough to contact Hannah but have worked out I can message you! Did Hannah come back with any information? My uncle was Geoffrey Suffling Cross and was a Royal Navy Surgeon. One of the survivors from the life raft was Arthur Topping (I think that's the name) and he was captured by the Japanese and spent the rest of the war in a POW camp. He survived that and very kindly after the war contacted my grandmother to let her know what had happened to Geoffrey, since he had been reported missing. If Hannah has an account of all this I would love to see it,

Very best wishes,
Jane