AUSTRALIANS HELP IN MUCH-BOMBED PORT
LONDON, April 30
"If I were handing out George Medals 1 would give one to every member of the 10th Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force," declared an R.A.F. squadron leader who has just returned from a much-blitzed British port where the Australian squadron is stationed. The daily task of these men is to make wide sweeps of Atlantic sea
routes,
Dozens of the Australians, senior officers and aircraftmen, voluntarily give the greatest help to the strained welfare services, assisting to extinguish blazing buildings and dig out dead and, wounded from the wrecked city. Others are organised in special services to attend to casualties, feed the homeless, and take prompt measures for their evaruaHnn'.—U.P,A_
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 102, 2 May 1941, Page 7
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