Wieneke Archive Book 4j : War Presscuttings

'Abo e: 75 Squadron, RAAf, christened "Milne Bay Butchers'. by notorious Japanese radio announcer Tokyo Rose, gave valuable support to the Army which inflicted the first defeat on the Japanese. This insignia was designed by a squadron armourer. From: M. C. Winter, Shelley Street. Conon Hill. Above: This was home to two girls at 2/2 Australian Genera Hospital on the Atherton Tableland. Note the garden. From. Mrs. M. Dugan, North Street, Rockhampton. Above: Women members of the Paddington Air Raid Wardens demonstrate how to deal with an incendiary bomb using a stirrup pump. From: R. Roberts, Given Terrace, Paddington Right: A soldier may march on his stomach, but a Digger marches on his feet as any World War I veteran will tell you. Here, 25th Battalion recruits line up for foot inspection at Alderley Camp in 1915. From: N W Robinson, Gilbert Street. Boderim 4 The Sunday Mail Color Magazine, April 28, 1974 Above: In a German POW camp near Homburg in 1918. The prisoners claim they were given a special diet so that they would bloat and look healthy for this photograph which had to be sent to rela fives. The pullover (fourth from left) was knitted on 10 needles made from barbed wire and from wool gathered from worn-out socks, scarves and scraps. From: Mrs. B. R. Thiele, Caloolo Street, Stafford, Right: The end for the Japan- ese at Wewak as Lieut.Colonel (Red Robbie) Robertson accepts their surrender. Gordon Camp bell, of the 2/7 Australian Infantry Brigade (6th Division), recalls that the photograph shows the Japanese officer's hands are shaking so much he cannot accept the sword being offered back by Robertson. From: Gordon C. Campbell, Wharf Street, Shormlifle. oes g.