Back From Middle East
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AMONG the New Guinea and Papua soldiers who have returned to Aus tralia with AIF units from the Middle East are Messrs. M. W. S.
Rylands, of the New Guinea Lands Department (now a Corporal); J. C.
Dennis, of Bulolo (now Trooper); R.
McKay, of Kiep Plantation, Rabaul (now Trooper); W. Alley, of Choiseul Planta tion, Kieta (now Trooper); J. D. Wil kinson, of Papua (now a Sergeant); S.
S. Grimson, New Guinea recruiter (now a machine-gunner); and E. S. L. Burke, formerly of the staff of W. R. Carpenter & Co.
Of all the troops now in Australia, none are turning their noses more eagerly towards the North Australian front than these men of the Territories.
They went half-way around the world to seek the enemy—and they return to find him on the front-door step!
Mr. David Lawton, son of Rev. and Mrs. E. Lawton, of Lord Howe Is., died in Sydney recently.