Jack Stafford (RIP) through the voice of
Geriaviator,
Wonderful, poetic Post !
We were four to a cabin and very comfortable
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Strangely enough, the same thing happened to me. On my first troopship (UK-Canada), four of us LACs were in a 2nd Class 4-bed cabin (not bad at all). Coming back Sgts, we were in hammocks on a mess-deck. Still a Sgt, I went out to India in a seven-tier bunk (I was on the top !). Coming home after 3½ years as an officer, we were partially better off with "Standee" berths (essentialy a two-tier tubular steel version of the standard barrack iron bed).
Our "Aorangi", I assume, would be part of the Shaw Saville fleet.
Danny.