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OUT, QI llie u/ ineiiiui-iacrew, 62 were saved and taken onboard the raider** iLogan faid thai while the crew were on deck on ibe Commissaire Ram el Ihcy were subjected lo ma,ch-ine-fjim fire from the raider but once they were in the boots nr in (he water the firing ceased.Since SunkThe raider, he said, was a Germanarmed merchant man named Atlantis which* according to descriptions he had heard, hod since been sunk.The German who took charge of us was a Lieutenant Mohr, formerly a scientist in London, while the German doctor on the raider was formerly from New York/' said Logan* When we came on board the[ \\ raider our steward, who was French,clicked his heels, said •Hell Hitler/ md soon was decked out in German naval uniform.“What was also significant wasthat other British prisoners on board the raider told ux tha t theday before Lieutenant Mohr had told them that they were to have companions nest day,The raider hod accounted for eightother ships before the Com ml sard re*Ramel was sunk.Ten Weeks At SeaAfter being nn the raider mi six weeks the prisoners were transferred to a Yugoslav ship captured by the raider. A month later they were landed at Warshcik *Italian Snmnli-' land KAfter being Wo days at War-sheik we were moved by motor truck to Mogadishu through I he Mrests of which we were driven very slowly, the people booing us all the Lime/' said Bruce.Afterwards we were transfer red loMerc a prison camps.We were given picks and- shovels and told to work but we said no pay,no work/| They told us that when The rains came our comp would be flooded so we had belter gel to work to Tlx the place up.Our reply wm thai the British would be there before she rrnr ' came. And so they were.Logan said the Indians had been teiting them or their great victories in the drive against Kenya but these wore disbelieved by the prisoners,We knew that the battles were going the other wav” he said,,“We could hear heavy guhflnng and British air force planes would come over and bomb the place.One night the Italians fled leaving only one of their number with us lo hand ov over officially to I lie advancing African troops,The white fing was hoisted In the town and we run up the Union Jack* the Free French and Yugoslav flags.We were the first to hoist ihc old flag over Merca.
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Perth Daily News
Perth, Western Australia, AU
Fri, May 23, 1941
Page 8
Full Page
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Carolyn L.
IA, USA 01 Mar 2020
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