Thanks To You Of

Salamaua!

THE following letter, dated May 30, is to hand from Lieutenant D. M.

O’Farrell, of the New Guinea Force:— To-day, I met Staff Sergeant Will Bell, of NGVR, and he handed me a canteen order, dated January 8, 1942, from the Salamaua citizens. There was a covering note saying the citizens of Salamaua, at a party on New Year’s Eve, sent greet ings to the boys, and that they wished us to have a drink on them. It seems that Will has been carrying this canteen order around, hoping that some day we should meet.

Now, I have no idea how to contact my bid one-talks, and I would like them to know that their gift has reached me and that I intend to have that drink— even if it is only this damn “lolly water.”

S/Sgt. Bell suggested the “PIM,” so I thought perhaps you could let the citizens know that all goes well with NGXIO2.

Give them my greetings and best wishes.

The old home town looks a bit shattered, these days, but I look forward to our re union there—lik-lik behind.

Mr. Guy Lowe, formerly a plantation manager in New Britain, and now a grazier near Miles, in Queensland, has recently been under medical treatment in Brisbane.