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.
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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.
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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