YOUTH’S EXPLOIT.
How u 19-vear-old Lewisham youth, now serving in a trawler, spent his “leave” in a small motor-boat rescuing B.E.F. men from Dunkirk was disclosed* by the officer of the trawler. The lad was a salesman at Covent Garden and had never stood before the mast in his life until war came, when he volunteered for service with the trawlers. “We were on leave just before the Dunkirk show started,” said the officer. “Later, when I asked the youngster where he had spent his leave, lie answered, quite casually, ‘Dunkirk.’ “Ho reported at Chatham wearing his uniform and asked to join in the task of getting our fellows away from Dunkirk. He was told that as he was on leave he could not be taken on at a new job, so he went away, got into civilian clothes, borrowed an identity card, and became one of the crew of a small motor-boat which set out from the Thames. He did three trips to Dunkirk and then, his leave over, returned to his ship.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 248, 17 September 1940, Page 8
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174YOUTH’S EXPLOIT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 248, 17 September 1940, Page 8
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