DEATH OF LORD DUFFERIN
Rec. 9 a.m. BOMBAY, April 5. Lord Dufferin was killed in Burma while attempting to broadcast a psychological warfare message to the Japanese from a front-line position in the Letse area. 32 miles south-west of Pakokku, on March 25, says the special correspondent of the Australian Associated Press. Lord Dufferin left a forward position and advanced with his psychological warfare section towards the Japanese dug in on a feature 500 yards from our line. They had advanced half-way when a party of Japanese, whose presence was unsuspected, opened fire at almost point-blank range, fatally wounding Lord Dufferin.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 82, 7 April 1945, Page 8
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