| SS AQUARIUS (January 7, 1943)
The 6,094 ton Aquarius was sunk near Tjebia Island, Sumatra, by aerial bombing whilst on passage through the Durian Straits. Of the estimated 1,100 persons on board there were only three survivors. Picked up by the New Zealand launch ML-310, commanded by Lieutenant H. Bull, they were taken to Pulau Jeadia where unfortunately all three died.
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On weald of Kent I watched once more
Again I heard that grumbling roar
Of fighter planes; yet none were near
And all around the sky was clear
Borne on the wind a whisper came
'Though men grow old, they stay the same'
And then I knew, unseen to eye
The ageless Few were sweeping by
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