AUSTRALIANS SAVED
SEWED S.O.S. ON BLANKET NEW GUINEA INCIDENT A party of Australian Pioneers had been cut off in the New Guinea jungle {jtntl were running short of food and ammunition. They sewed bandages on a grey Army blanket to form the letters' SOS and; spread it on the. ground. A scouting Boomerang came, ever, swooped to read the marks and then split for home. At the base it loaded supplies, and prepared instructions for the surrounded, party, and when someone suggested adding a few comforts, everyone' in the place chipped in with cigarette rations and anything else they had. Back went the plane and dropped its load, and the Pioneers fought their way out. There was a sequel when a plane landed some immaculate. R.A.A.F. officers on a strip near Finschhaf-' en. They were met by a little group of men in frayed and muddy jungle kit, and were presented with three) Japanese swords and; a battered bugle. One of the swords had belonged to a Japanese battalion commander. I)t had four golden chrysanthemums on its guard;. The bugle, was found in an emplacement which had been smashed by lire directed by the Boomerang.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 43, 25 January 1944, Page 7
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195AUSTRALIANS SAVED Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 43, 25 January 1944, Page 7
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