Some of his mates who returned thought he had fled to the jungles but a padre felt sure he saw him walking up the gangplank to the ill-fated ship. What must have been the most heart breaking expe­rience for his mother was the day she opened the door to one of his mates who asked to see him -as he thought Stan had made it home.

With the recent finding of the location of HMAS Sydney it would be wonderful if the resting place of the ‘Montevideo Maru’ could also be found.