South Yorkshire Times June 11, 1949

Word From Home

Broadcast to Marooned Swinton Man

Marooned by ice-floes in an Antarctic hut on Stonington Island Marguerite Bay, Graham Land, air mechanic H. D. Jones, Tollbar Road, Swinton, will be brought in touch with home on July 19th, when his mother, Mrs. B Jones, broadcasts a message to him in one of a series of programmes arranged by the B.B.C. in conjunction with the CoIonial Office.

Music, Too

Mr. Jones will also hear the voices of his sister, Mrs. J. W. Johnson, and his cousin, Mrs. E. Slater, (Sheffield), and his favourite gramophone record will be played

Mr. Jones is one of a party of 11 who have been engaged on work in the Falkland Islands survey from Base E Early in the year a ship was sent to relieve the men, but it was prevented by ice floes from reaching its destination. Now the men will have to wait another year for relief. Mrs. Jones received a telegram from her son last week saying that he was, well, but she has not had a letter for months.

Mr. Jones has been in the Royal Air Force for 17 years but in his present job is attached to the Colonial office.