We all had a meal together, after which all who had helped get all of these people to their destination set off to Wellington by bus. The newcomers were keen to see where they were going to live and I think they were quite excited. We arrived in Pahiatua late in the afternoon and were offloaded into a convoy of army trucks which took us to the Polish Children's Camp. There were lunches for all and everyone appeared ready for it. I think that was really when it hit me as to what these men, women and children must have been through.Įverybody seemed to look happy as they saw the mountains, rivers and lovely green hills. This was the final leg to safety after an almost five-year ordeal of war, misery and exile from Poland for the young mostly orphaned children page 263the flowers and cried. Red Cross nurse Mollie Baoumgren escorts a group of children (including Władysława Kubiak, left) from the USS General Randall in Wellington to a waiting train for the ride to Pahiatua on 1 November 1944.
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