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How Diggers Killed Jap Sniper(Prom John Scwiett.)PAlrl \, I'rid.’iv.—Sitting on a bench 1 1.0*1*1.' rimun nirslrip. n lifindful of'' Uijfirri* told how they stulked und kill «*d a Japanese miper who hod been operating in tlilt; wooded razor-bnclc foothill* of the TonieHH Rnnsp*.I*t •. Will. Wrli'hr. of liklie. X.B.W.. M wl«y w:ilt; eh’iinine » .lnprtne*e riflo fit- • frd with irli'MMipif xiyhts. 5ii id the ‘ .liip. ivA* beside ll truck. A «dieiT flrnp on both ►idi-!* ot n iniidt* outflanking 1 him impossible, !Wright mid hi* r*r»Ifixed bnvonrtn ftn-l woiit for I'ini, l.ut if w«lt; r» Bren gunner wlm made t)u kill. The imtper woro polished 1c*uj»iiiii*1 mid n new uniform. Wiiglit hml :i narrow tlt;iuenk on tiifit pntrol when three mauds pinged inin » iihIiom nenr him. On© of them km»rked a i-tip from his water I'Ot t It*.The following • I:• v Hub Niniino, of, Vi«*i••riii, brought « l.ngrr pirfid nud u yellow l'lntr on which wiiv :i roil Tiger uml bhwk Japanese clinnirti'r.**. It wan thf* peununt of an eniunv formation iiml Imd been fluttering from a tent pofn nenr (mother bnnd of itnipcrti.
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Burnie Advocate
Burnie, Tasmania, AU
Sat, Apr 07, 1945
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
Gary Y.
CO, USA 30 Nov 2019
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