STILL CHEERFUL
AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS CONDITIONS IN SAIGON (3.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, Aug 27. Mr. Reiman Morin, who returned in the refugee ship Gripsholm from Japan, interviewed by the Associated Press, said that about 2000 Australian prisoners of war were in Saigon. While their conditions were frankly not good, they w'ere probably better off than any of the others in the Orient. When the Australians came ashore from Malaya and Singapore the natives wept at the sight of the Australians so emaciated and weak from under-nourishment. They were placed in an open field in the dock area. The Australians were doing dock work vyhen Mr. Morin saw them. They were still wearing their army shorts and hats. They appeared to be cheerful and looked like troops working in a camp. Mr. Morin said that an interesting circumstance was that the native Ammonites took a leading part in organising relief for Australians, but the French „ people enthusiastically co-operated in contributing fruit, medical supplies, money, pipes, razors and other much-needed items.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20875, 29 August 1942, Page 5
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168STILL CHEERFUL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20875, 29 August 1942, Page 5
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