Identity area
Reference code
Harman/I/29
Unique identifier
GB 275 Harman/I/29
Title
To his father
Date(s)
- 9 Jan. 1901 (Creation)
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Context area
Name of creator
(1869-1945)
Repository
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
RMS Catalonia, Colombo Harbour. They have reached Colombo at last. Christmas and New Year on board. Many of the Boer prisoners have been ill with measles, influenza or mumps. Prisoners and invalids are being offloaded. His search for a local resident, a friend of his sister, and for Tom Kerr. With a press cutting, possibly from the Times of Ceylon, detailing 'the arrival of the SS "Catalonia" from South Africa: A tedious voyage'.