We soon sailed, and finally, on the 5th October, we arrived at Woosung, near Shanghai. But not before some more POWs died on the journey and their bodies thrown over the side.
On arrival at Shanghai, we were off loaded at a Railway wharf, at Woosung. We were made to sit in the open. During the next few hours more naval patrol ships arrived with further batches of survivors. We were made to strip off any clothing given us by the islanders, and a roll call was taken. We were kept on the open wharf for over 24 hours without food or shelter - this we were informed, being a punishment for succeeding in escaping from a sinking ship! Apparently, we had disobeyed a Japanese order, which intended us to go down with the ship. It was also pointed out to us, with the aid of a stick, by the interpreter, Niimori, that we would have saved the Japanese Imperial Forces, a good deal of trouble, if we had gone down with the ship!
The roll call taken, that out of the original 1816 men, who had boarded the "Lisbon Maru" in Hong Kong, only about 900 had been saved, of these at least another 200 were to die in the next few weeks, due to the after-effects of the torpedoing, and subsequent exposure and sickness.