WAR CORRESPONDENTS
TWO KILLED IN ITALY EXPLOSION OF MINE (United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received May 20, 1 p.m.) LONDON, May 19 Roderick Mad Donald, war correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald, and Cyril Bewley, of Allied Newspapers, Limited, an English group, were killed on the Italian front yesterday. Accompanied by an officer, they were moving up behind the advancing Eighth Army forces at Cassino when their jeep came under German artillery fire. They sought shelter in a field and stepped on a mine, which exploded. The officer, who was uninjured, recovered the bodies. MacDonald, who achieved fame .vhen he landed with glider troops n Sicily, was captured by the Italans and escaped, is the second Sydney Morning Herald corresponient to lose his life in Italy. William Munday was killed near Salerno in "September. The deaths raise the toll of war •orrespondents to 10 British and 22 Americans. The two men have been buried near Cassino.
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Waikato Times, Volume 194, Issue 22353, 20 May 1944, Page 5
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