LowTech

Any more news on this ? A copy of the "life story" would give me a flavour of my Dads war as a senior sick berth attendant on this hospital ship! I should have asked him more about it when he was still alive ! Let that be a lesson to anyone who knows a veteran from WW2..try gently to see if they want to pass on some info .. but do not push if they don't. Many Thanks Andy B

Hi andy1960 - if it's possible I'll PM you with a response to this one. We have the 'life story' document transcribed and one chapter is particularly relevant to this post.

many thanks for contacting - sorry for delay.

:-)

Colin

Re: AMARAPOORA as a Hospital Ship

Just would like to respond to say that my wife's aunt was a nurse on this ship; in fact her aunt married the Chief Officer (I think that's correct title). I knew her well, but not her husband who died some years before. She was an extremely spirited, fun and resourceful lady. She has also now passed on, but she left her typed 'life-story' which includes a lot about life on board Amarapoora; and that's quite exciting (and revealing...). We have one original framed ship photo in the family although I discovered other info on-line since (including the Cpt. Hobson journeys post-war). We are only recently getting round to transcribing her story to MSWord. I think it should be in the public domain but will need to look into best way of publishing it. I could possibly give you a snippet if relevant to your enquiry. Unfortunately she substituted fictitious names for crew and staff, so I may not be able to identify specific people unless you give identifiable posts and duty dates. She was on board at Scapa Flow dodging the fleet bombings and dealing with injured navy crews in wards and theatre, and as a young nurse had to see some bad outcomes...

Hi - my name's Colin (in West Mids, UK) and I joined here to respond to a request for info on a WW2 UK ship (nb I wasn't around at that time!). I always had interest in 'utility' vehicles tho' have never owned one. I hankered after a Willys but succumbed to more comfortable or quicker road transport. I had a Daimler SP250 (a 'Dart' in UK) for many years before practicality shunned that too. I always did my own veh. maintenance until arthritis and modern vehicle assembly-obsolecence took its toll. One brother has had Land Rovers for 45yrs all self maintained, and is still involved in running the MROC. Another brother was for a short time a civvy driver for the TA (B90), and ran V8 Pilots.