HOSTELRY RUN BY “GESTAPO GUS”
(Special Australian Correspondent, N.Z.PA.) (Rec. 10.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 12. “Gestapo Gus” has become famous in Australia as the man who served coffee to General Douglas MacArthur at the head of the New Guinea jungle trail. Gus is mine host at the “Cafe de Kerbstone,” where exhausted soldiers refresh themselves after the 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—bully beef. Dessert—prunes and rice.” The price list read: “Generals, 9/11; colonels, 7/6; majors, 5/-; captains, 3/6; loots, 2/-; sergeantmajors, 1/6; n.c.o.’s, 1/-; white boongs (privates), buckshee.” The distinguished visitors drank their 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 McArthur,” wrote the South-west Pacific Supreme Commander.
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Southland Times, Issue 24873, 13 October 1942, Page 5
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160HOSTELRY RUN BY “GESTAPO GUS” Southland Times, Issue 24873, 13 October 1942, Page 5
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