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As you may have gathered from my other scrappy notes,
wires etc, sent as opportunity offered,
we were liberated by US troops on (I think)
Sunday 9 Sep, and within a few hours had travelled by train
to the port of Jinsen where we embarked
and spent a night on a U.S. hospital ship.
Next morning, bathed, fed & fumigated
we transferred to a U.S Transport (Noble P.A. 218).
All the ship’s staff were wonderfully hospitable.
On arrival at Manila we came by bus some 20 miles to this camp,
where we were met by Australians
who first gave us a meal and then quartered us…
It was a wonderful feeling to be
among our own people once again.
Then to top it off I found awaiting me letters from home.
LEST WE FORGET
Captain Wilf Fawcett, lettercard to his family
from 3 Australian PW Reception Camp, Manila, 27 Sept.1945
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Madame Szabo volunteered to undertake a particularly dangerous mission in France.
She was parachuted into France in April, 1944,
and undertook the task with enthusiasm. In her execution of the delicate researches
entailed she showed great presence of mind and astuteness.
She was twice arrested by the German security authorities but each time
managed to get away. Eventually, however, with other members of her group,
she was surrounded by the Gestapo in a house in the southwest of France. ..
She was ultimately executed. Madame Szabo gave a
magnificent example of courage and steadfastness
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