P.B. PRIVATES
Who was the P.B. Private who on seeing the Q.M. Staff on .parade asked, “Is 'that the Balloon barrage section?" i He was not such a P.B, Private who suddenly used some initiative and left the following message on his rifle for his instructor to see after the break. “Gone to the Y.M. for a cup of tea, back in ten minutes.” (Modern warfare has taught us to use our own initiative according to the latest press reports mean 1942 manuals.—Ed.) Sympathy, just sympathy, for the P.B. young and innocent Private who received a message to report to 8.0. Room at 0600 hours, who arose an hour earlier to spend most of the time under a hot shower with a cake of well known soap which is guaranteed to remove something even the S.M. will not tell you about. Just another routine disorder. Corrigendum: Von Sturmer, Pte. C.H.L. Orderly room O.C. of R.O.’s . . ./Delete all reference to above re his wooing of local WAAFS. He was .a matey P.B. Private who answered the Orderly Room query as to his name, “It’s Jock, sir," he said.
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Arawa Guerilla, Issue 1, 1 April 1942, Page 4
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