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Sunshine Advocate in Sunshine, Victoria

27 Jun 1941

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Sunshine Advocate

Location

Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

Date

Jun 27, 1941

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3

Escape from Greece Aboard Ships Through War Torn Shores

A former Williams town Football Club player recounts a perilous Greece to Egypt escape during WWII. He details crowded transports, Greek hospitality amid German incursions, brutal air raids on Larissa and Thebes, and a perilous beach evacuation by dinghies and cutters. The journey ends with safekeeping aboard a destroyer and reflection on courage under fire.

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Greece Williamstown Football Club Pte. RR G. Robertson Libya Alexandria Albania Mediterranean Bill Turner Livingstone Crete Cretan Cyclades Peloponnesian Piraeus Athens Jupiter Palestine Arrak Egypt Marathon Bay of Salamis Propylae Acropolis Parthenon Thessaly Thrace Yugoslavia Corinth Canal Isthmus Corinth Sea of Crete Alolf Dunkirk Adolph Hitler Adolph Hitler Abteilung Servia Rhodes
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Voices from the War Front in Orange Groves Return

The narrator recalls aiding in unloading heavy shells and surviving a nightmare of enemy bombardment. He reflects on the cruel joy of enemy aircraft being shot down and the harsh cheers heard during bombing and machine-gunning. He vows to honor the Navy and hopes to be home by Christmas.

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