The Gourock Times, dated 6 September 1940, reported the event under the headlines ‘British Evacuee Ship Torpedoed’, announced how cheerful the children had been and that their ‘Ordeal Was a Great Adventure’.
He arrived in New York on February 22, 1940, having sailed from Rotterdam, The Netherlands aboard the SS Volendam on February 10, 1940.
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