AUSSIES TAUGHT THEM
TWO-UP IN PRISON CAMP FAMILIAR CRY SOON HEARD How the Australians started 1 up a two-up school in a prisoner of war cainp in Germany immediately after their arrival was described by Major G. H. Thomson in a talk to the New Plymouth U.S.A, recently. Hardly had they arrived when the Australians made a circle and the familiar cry could be heard. The German guards became interested and placed bets through agents among the prisoners. Then out came the “double-headers,” and the Germans lost every mark they had!
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32419, 17 April 1944, Page 8
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