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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXI, Issue 8835, 21 October 1942, Page 1

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semi-circle and crossed the Salween River and so to Paoshan, which we reached on May 22. When wet got to the Salween we found that the bridge had been destroyed by order of the Government, and also the ferry boat in case the Japanese should make a thrust the way we had come. We made a raft of nine bamboos and were just completing this when a detachment of Chinese troops came along and commandeered the raft as they were going to rejoin their army .unit. Comedy Of A Raft

As the raft would take only about three at a time and as there were ffiO or so of them, it looked as though we would be there for ever. I determined to end the argument and grabbed a shoe in each hand and walked boldly out on to the raft to give a lead. I promptly went through the raft up to the knees, fell forward and dropped the shoes in the water. Everyone roared with laughter. , That broke the dangerous tension, and after a couple of the soldiers had ferried me . across they took it in turns to ferry a couple of our men and a couple of theirs until we were all across.

From Paoshan the Y.B.R. took me by lorry to Kunming, where I arrived on May 26. The Chinese felt that I had helped them considerably by bringing over their personnel from Myitkyin to Waingmaw, and wouldn’t let me spend any money. I found the Americans, too, very generous. They brought me free from Kunming to Dinjan by army transport plane (U.S. Army). I arrived in Calcutta on June 12.