and I’m pretty sure he’s the same person that once said (in an official setting when quizzed over a hotcopper post) that he is always telling stories. And if that’s the case both things can’t be true - he either makes things up or lies to protect himself. when I first heard the story I read lots about Darwin and the whole approach to the evacuation was complex and certainly not left to a young man who apparently served in the medical corp (without nursing or medical degrees - because that’s been covered on hotcopper before as well). But there were reports about the confusion and poor planing in some cases - maybe that was his
