EDWARDS, Charles Patrick

22 April 1907 – 16 February 1952

Origin Dublin, Ireland
Accompanying Family Annie Edwards, Clare Edwards, Patricia & Lucia Edwards, Kathleen & Walter Herbert
First settled in Swanbourne, WA
Original Occupation Mechanical Engineer
Occupation in Australia Flying Officer RAAF

ZAANDAM

Departure Port Sumatra (Tjilajap)
Arrival Year 1942

Fremantle

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Our Dad, a widower, escaped from the Japanese during the invasion of Singapore in a launch with his aged mother, children Patricia and Lucia and sisters, Kathleen and Clare. Travelling by night, hiding by day, we made the journey to Sumatra then onto Fremantle on the ship Zaadam.

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