... v lednu 1945, spolu se svou ženou, Wilma, také v Melbourne, Batchelorem pustila na maratón deset-týden plavbou přes Nový Zéland, Panama Canal a New Yorku, a odtud v konvoji 80 lodí přes Atlantik na dosah Cambridge.
... in January 1945, together with his wife, Wilma, also of Melbourne, Batchelor embarked on a marathon ten-week voyage via New Zealand, the Panama Canal and New York, and thence in a convoy of 80 ships across the Atlantic to reach Cambridge.