22 Jun 1943, The Diary of Mrs Grace Smith

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Diary - pages 21-22.JPG
Diary - pages 21-22

[Left page] … an egg having now [?] cash. They are now up to double the price. We are hoping every day to hear that we shall be sent away. We have already been informed that we shall be repatriated this… [Right page] …summer, and that further news will be given us later. Meanwhile repatriation wild tales. 1. That we are to be sent to Lorenzo Marques, Colombo, Canada or Australia.

This was the final entry in Grace Smith's diary. She died in internment on 14th January 1944 and her grave is pictured here.

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