IN PRIVATE’S UNIFORM
ARMY MINISTER’S TOUR NEW GUINEA WAR FRONT (Special Australian Correspondent.) (9 a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 6. A sentry at a north Queensland aerodrome could hardly believe his eyes when he saw a private soldier mingling freely with high ranking officers. He was advancing to put the private in his proper place when he suddenly recognised the culprit as Australia’s Army Minister, Mr ' F. M. Forde. *
Holding no military rank, Mr Forde travelled to New Guinea in a private soldier’s uniform in order to avoid exciting speculation which would naturally have been aroused by a battle area visitor in civilian clothes.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20907, 6 October 1942, Page 3
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102IN PRIVATE’S UNIFORM Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20907, 6 October 1942, Page 3
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