Hi,
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During my many years researching my father in law I have found numerous comments about lists of survivors/evacuees being taken at the port of Emmerhave Sumatran (Padang) If lists taken where would they be now? Were other lists have been taken on board or when these ships arrived at their destinations and where would they be?
Also, I have read hat passes and/or special orders were issued to those servicemen in Singapore who were deemed essential to the war effort because of particular skills. Were these lists kept and again where might I find such lists?
Finally, how easy would it have been to "acquire" a new identity during those manic weeks?
s
During my many years researching my father in law I have found numerous comments about lists of survivors/evacuees being taken at the port of Emmerhave Sumatran (Padang) If lists taken where would they be now? Were other lists have been taken on board or when these ships arrived at their destinations and where would they be?
Also, I have read hat passes and/or special orders were issued to those servicemen in Singapore who were deemed essential to the war effort because of particular skills. Were these lists kept and again where might I find such lists?
Finally, how easy would it have been to "acquire" a new identity during those manic weeks?