Gave Away “£20,000” In Twenty Minutes
(Rec. 2 p.m.)
SYDNEY, This Day
Two war correspondents gave away about £20,000 to United States troops in a village near Hollandia. The money was in parcels of “Australian” banknotes printed by the Japanese in readiness for their invasion of Australia. The correspondents found thousands of packages of banknotes in a Japanese colonel’s residence. They crammed their pockets and then went to meet an incoming American patrol. So keen were the Americans on acquiring souvenir “money” that the correspondents were £20.000 “out. of pocket” in a few minutes.
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Northern Advocate, 28 April 1944, Page 4
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