Letter from 'Lessel' Greig to Mrs. Ruby Wotton, 12 September 1945

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Letter written aboard the U.S. Hospital Ship 'Relief' sailing out of Darien on route to Okinawa. Greig writes to his mother Ruby of the cramped and dark 24-hour train journey out of the camp towards Darien. He describes seeing the 'glistening white' hospital ship and its smartly dressed crew welcoming them in for hot showers and their first 'civilized meal' in four years, with ice cream.

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MS-2018-3-14 (Reference Number)

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Greig, Diana. Lieutenant Arnold Lessel Macmorland Greig Collection, 1942 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. MS-2018-3.
Greig, Diana. Lieutenant Arnold Lessel Macmorland Greig Collection, 1942 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. MS-2018-3. All Rights Reserved
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