'Armistice Day, November 11, 1940' The free world is at war with Germany and Italy. Japan is fighting in China with Hitler pressing her to join the war against the allies, turning a European conflict into World War Two. The Blue Funnel liner 'Automedon' lies 250 miles from the northwest cape of Sumatra, heading for Penang. 16-year-old deckboy, Frank Walker, watches a smudge of smoke on the...