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The trip home
Southampton to Sydney via Gibraltar,
Naples (& Pompeii),
Port Saïd and Colombo and Fremantle
There is only one letter from the return voyage.
The reason for this
is that Harry's letters would have reached home at about the same time
or following him.
It's not clear exactly where Harry's return journey took him but it is assumed
to have ended in Sydney. However, he states in the last letter, on 1st Feb, that
he was "two days out of Fremantle" and that "I do not think
there is much news and anyway what there is will easily wait a day or
two and then I will be able to tell you by word of mouth.".
Sydney would be more like a week away.
The official list of ports that the Ormonde visited during the 20s includes
Marseilles, Adelaide and Melbourne but it is not clear if the vessel stopped
here during this particular journey. There are no photos or mention of
these ports in his last letter.
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