HEARTS NOT IN IT
ITALIANS AND THE WAR •TESTIMONY OF AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS. ATTITUDE OF PRISONERS IN MIDDLE EAST. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day, The news of war weariness and unrest in Italy does hot surprise men of the A.I.F. who have Returned from the Middle East, and who have had close contact with Italian prisoners of war. Sapper T. N. Lee said the Italian prisoners had shown clearly that a move to. end the war for Italy would be a godsend to the Italians still fighting. Among the prisoners with whom Sapper Lee talked at Tobruk was the former heavyweight boxing champion, Primo Camera, who said he did not want to fight but was forced into it. Other returned men agreed that the Italian prisoners made no secret of the fact that theii* hearts were never in the fight. Not a few who were in Australia before the war and are eagerly awaiting/ an opportunity to return. ■
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 October 1941, Page 6
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163HEARTS NOT IN IT Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 October 1941, Page 6
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