CLUB DEATH TRAP
DUTCH OFFICER S STORY
Rec. 2 p.m. MELBOURNE, this day
During the battle for the Netherlands East Indies a Dutch armourec brigade captain converted the famous International Club at Soebang into z death trap for Japanese troops. A Dutch officer who recently arrived ir Australia said the brigade caotair. was enraged when he was told" tha'. the club had been occupied by Jap anese troops as thci:- headquarter?. The officer added: "I-Ie ordered z native driver to drive his tank up the steps leading to the spacious building, and as the tank thundered through the rooms of the club its j machine-guns spat fire in ail directions. It ploughed a bloody trail through the rooms over masses of jm Japanese, who were taken completely A
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 122, 26 May 1942, Page 5
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128CLUB DEATH TRAP Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 122, 26 May 1942, Page 5
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