Thread: Montevideo Maru

There is a history channel documentary on the Montevideo Maru airing in Australia on Remembrance Day.

Do you know of this program Rod?

Look forward to watching it.

Cheers

Geoff

Originally Posted by Rod Miller

Throughout my 15 years researching the Rabaul nurses and the Montevideo Maru, I have always wondered why the Chifley

Government were reluctant to hold an inquiry into the loss of the Rabaul men aboard the Montevideo Maru, as it would have brought closure for so many.

For me, the answers finally dropped into place during my recent visits to the National Archives. I circulated a paper describing my findings in May of this year. I've now made it available on my web site: OpenDNS

It's the first new theory, backed by evidence, that has appeared in the last 64 years.

For those of you who have read "Lost Women of Rabaul", this paper explains the arrival of the
Japanese Prince and his aid to Rabaul, noted by Gordon Thomas and the nurses, just prior to the sailing of the Montevideo Maru.

I believe there is still more to be revealed, but this will have to await further research in the Archives.

Thats very " thought provoking " Rod ...... I wonder why nobody has seen it before !!

Thanks for sharing it with us !

Annie