My Grand Uncle joined the crew of the Arandora for that fateful journey.
He was 20 years old and joined as a scullion and thankfully, he was one of the lucky survivors.
I find it hard to comprehend just how he, at such a young age, and everybody else must have felt. It must have been sheer terror.
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The experience though never deterred him from going back to sea. It was his life and he worked up the ranks over the years following the disaster.
It was a horific event and I hope never forgotten in time. When remembering all the internees, please share a thought for all those other innocents. My uncle never married or had a family of his own, but I will make sure my own family never forget.
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