COMPASS II COLLAR STUD
Sl'DXKV, July II). When the Japanese capitulaled at fSingapore 10 months ago, Australian prisoner of war Lieutenant Gus .Mayberry, of Liverpool, near Hydney, asked a Japanese guard for liis twn collar stiids as a souwnir. The guard was reluctant to jiart with tlie -studs but was ' ' persuaded " to give them to Mayberry. They were lirass studs of ordiuary European pattern with white celluloid bases, but jMayberry had taken a fancy to tlieni. yinee his return to civilian life he has been weaving them coiistant ly. This week he noticed tliat some of the celluloid had cracked. He pulled il away and found the needle of a perfectly-niade conqiass quivering 011 its jiivot. Tlie second stud also contained a compass, of a different type. Botii compasses are lum-inous. Arayberry says that all Jap officers and miuiy n.c.o. 's wore collar studs. "Now 1 've seen tlie inside of niv studs 1 understand wliy the Nips wore them," lie said. "A stud like that would be a godsend to an cscaped prisoner." It was later revealed that Australian airnien were equipped with eompassc-s concealed in trouser buttons to euable them to return to their bases if forced down in eneiny or jungle country.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 July 1946, Page 8
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