INJURED SOLDIERS
Sir, —Might I make a suggestion to the Rehabilitation officials on behalf of wounded and injured men? The buffeting which wounded men have to put up with in the trams and buses is sometimes very distressing to men who are not prone to ask for special treatment. I would suggest that all wounded or injured men be given a brassard which could be worn to indicate tp the luckier citizens that these men cannot stand the pushing? and bustling which often causes acute physical pain. It might also mean that many citizens who now unthinkingly retain their seats when injured men stand would help them. In Australia I noticed that a great deal more sympathy and consideration were given to soldiers generally, and it was a most unusual thing to see a motor-car driven by civilians ever pass walking soldiers, and in Canada and the U.S.A. the same custom prevails. The Digger does not want pandering sympathy, but let him see that citizens think of him as much as they talk of him.—l am, etc.,
A SUFFERER,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 63, 11 September 1943, Page 6
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