| Entry Text: | HICKEY, V. J. Time to Go Sparky. vi, 106p., illus. Frampton Mansell: Hornby, 1994. ISBN: 0952281406.
The author trained as a radio operator and went to sea in 1937. He was on ss Cornwall in the Indian Ocean when war was declared. In early 1940 he joined Rangitiki briefly as a relief, then Middlesex for a voyage round the world. She was sunk early in 1941 at the start of her next voyage. He moved next to the trooper Northumberland and after a year with her joined the Shell tanker Darina. She was sunk in mid-Atlantic. After his rescue he was declared unfit for further sea service. |
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