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World War Two / Re: HMS Anking WW2
« on: Thursday 28 June 18 17:37 BST (UK) »
I have a copy of the report of the senior surviving officer HMS Anking rescued by MS Tawali if anyone would be interested in seeing it. It is dated MS Tawali 11 March 1942. No names are mentioned except one in the last paragraph:
... the magnificent work performed by the Dutch Red Cross Sister Mevrouw van Otteren. There was no doctor on board. About 20 officers and men from Anking alone were suffering from shrapnel wounds, fever and minor injuries. She worked day and night dressing wounds and generally making us comfortable with the willing assistance of many other Dutchmen on board.
The report to the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies was accompanied by a list of known survivors from HMS Anking, but I have no copy of that.
The report is in the papers of my father who was a survivor of HMS Repulse and had reached Batavia before boarding Anking. My father's name was not on the list of people given by a previous correspondent.
... the magnificent work performed by the Dutch Red Cross Sister Mevrouw van Otteren. There was no doctor on board. About 20 officers and men from Anking alone were suffering from shrapnel wounds, fever and minor injuries. She worked day and night dressing wounds and generally making us comfortable with the willing assistance of many other Dutchmen on board.
The report to the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies was accompanied by a list of known survivors from HMS Anking, but I have no copy of that.
The report is in the papers of my father who was a survivor of HMS Repulse and had reached Batavia before boarding Anking. My father's name was not on the list of people given by a previous correspondent.