BOREDOM.
Just lately an attractive rumour has been circulating throughout this station, to the effect that the Sultan of Johore, ruler of one of the Federated Malay States, has offered, a medal to every service man doing his duty in this country. In addition to the. medal, which, according to rumour, is to be struck in silver and handsomely beribboned, a bar will be added for every five years spent here. After the matter has been discussed, for some time, someone said: “Oh, well, I guess it will come in handy to stick up on the chest on Anzac Day.” ' “ Nigger,” who had been quietly reading during the debate, looked up and drawled: “Go for the medal by all means, fellers; but, if any of you. is here for five years, it won’t be one ruddy bar that will be worryin’. yer. You’ll be surrounded by ’em—in a padded cell.” * * *
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War Wit, Volume 1, Issue 7, 1 August 1941, Page 15
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