Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Voyage to hell in the Patricia Cam

Voyage to hell in the Patricia Cam

Feature article on the sinking of a cargo ship, the Patricia Cam, by Japanese float plane and the taking of a prisoner from the water on to the plane; those on board at the time of the attack included four Aboriginal passengers and Paddy, an Aboriginal navigator; although some of the Aboriginal passengers died, Paddy survived, and when some Wessel Islander Aboriginal people came by in their canoes he contacted them and they helped in the rescue of the survivors; [from a book by John Leggoe, Trying to be sailors]