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FLYING MUSTANGS OVER KOREA WAS A HAZARDOUS OCCUPATION |
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NAME: Milton Cottee |
DATE: 1950 |
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UNIT: 77 Squadron RAAF |
LOCATION: Pohang |
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Milton Cottee saw his first aircraft in 1931 or 1932 when he was five or six as it flew over his home at Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales. It turned out to be the mail plane flying to Brisbane.
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BEING A SNIPER IS A DANGEROUS JOB |
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NAME: C W 'Frenchy' Ray |
DATE: 1953 |
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UNIT: Sniper 2RAR |
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Being a sniper is a lonely job. For a start you are hated by the enemy while your own troops also have a distaste for snipers.
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A 'NICE EASY SHOOT' IN KOREA |
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NAME: Dick Turner |
DATE: 1951 - 1952 |
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UNIT: 77 Squadron RAAF |
LOCATION: Taegu |
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Having lied about his age to join the Army in 1942, Dick Turner was serving in New Guinea when the truth was discovered. He was only 16 and had told the recruiting officer he was two years older than that. Of course he was sent home.
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IT WAS SO COLD HE COULDN'T USE RADIO |
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NAME: George Unwin |
DATE: 1952 - 1953 |
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UNIT: 1st Battalion RAR |
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It was so cold at times in Korea that Private George Unwin was unable to use the radio to warn Australian troops in the trenches of the return of his patrol, because his teeth were chattering so much.
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A NIGHT STROLL IN KOREA |
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NAME: Frederick William Williams |
DATE: 1952 |
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UNIT: 3rd Battalion RAR |
LOCATION: Hill 227, Korea |
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Corporal Frederick William (Bill) Williams, who served in the Korean War, was one of five men with that surname among a section of 10 men.
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