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I have my mothers passport which I travelled on as a child. It shows a disembarkation stamp for Singapore dated 22 December 1949. On the back of the picture is written "SS Canton Jan 1950". In the picture I am sitting in a bath with my arm in plaster. I believe we left HK for UK on or about 16 December 1949. The arm was broken in a fall into a storm nullah above Caine Road Police Flats 3 days before my family was due to sail to UK. <Read more ...>