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Location
Halifax - Canada
Age
17 Years

22nd August 1940

The weather has been pretty warm of late, so I left the porthole over my bunk open and before laying down, I sat and watched the sun set behind the tall pines which lined the hill opposite. It was a very pretty sight. Everything was peaceful and quiet, and I was rather happy, so it was not long before I was away in dreamland. We passed the “Georgie” (which was alongside the “Waiwera” in Liverpool), the French ship “Pasteur” and several other large passenger ships. They are taking troops back to England.

All around us, are ships which have been lying here for about 2 months – many of them being French tankers with cargoes of oil.

The weather, once again, has been very nice indeed. The skipper went ashore in a launch early this morning, and came back at about 5pm. He had to go to the shipping agent.