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Orient Line
RMS Orion
The Trooper
On
Ron Abbot wrote about his father;
“My father, Jack Abbott (1921 - 1992), joined the Royal Artillery
at the start of the Second World War.
His first posting was to
the anti-aircraft batteries in
A photograph of Sergeant Jack Abbot--
This page contains Orion
Oracle No 20. On our next page is Orion Oracle No 29, which was written by
Captain Charles Fox C.B.E., Master of RMS Orion, and Lieut-Col
C.A.R. McRae., Officer Commanding Troops. This final Oracle was printed on
superior paper and was meant to be a special souvenir edition.
I am sure that all ex soldiers who sailed on the Orion and those interested in troop ships will enjoy reading these Oracles.
Special request; should anyone have a photograph of the Orion during the days she was as a trooper, I would much appreciate a copy.
Reuben Goossens
Maritime Historian




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Oracle” No 20
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Contribution - 3 Jack Abbott - a Soldiers Tale - “Orion
Oracle” No 29
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Contribution - 4 William Rishton
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Contribution - 5 Anne Lee
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