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In 1941, David's mother travelled by sea from England to West Africa to see his father. During the voyage, the convey was often vulnerable to attack by the Germans. Granny wrote the following account of her journey after she arrived in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
In 1947, David's uncle Arthur (Mal) and aunt Dorothy Mallinson travelled to New Zealand by boat plane - a two week journey at the time. Mal recorded the trip in the following account.