“GESTAPO GUS”
(N.Z.P.A. Special Aust. Correspondent) SYDNEY, Octoiber 12. “ Gestapo Gus ” has become famous in Australia as the man who served coffee to General MacArthur at the head of the New Guinea jungle trail. Gus is. mine host at “ the cafe do kerbstone,” where exhausted soldiers refresh themselves after a stiff climb from Überi (at the end of the road into the ranges from Port Moresby). At this canvas hostelry General MacArthur and several officers examined “ Gestapo Gus’s ” menu, which was headed “ fine foods from every country.” The details were: “ Soup—dishwater; joint—bultybeef; dessert—prunes and rice.” The price list reads “ Generals 9s lid, colonels 7s 6d, majors os, captains 3s Gd, 1 loots ’ 2s, sergeantmajors Is 6d, n.c.o.s Is, white boongs (privates) buckshee.” The distinguished visitor drank coffee from enamel cups. Gus asked General MacArthur for his autograph in lieu of the normal charges. “ Good luck, Gus, I enjoyed the coffee—Douglas MacArthur,'” wrote the South-west (Pacific supremo commander.
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Evening Star, Issue 24324, 13 October 1942, Page 4
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