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Famous Solomon Islands Labour Corps
rE Solomon Islands Labour Corps now numbers 2,500 officers and men, under the command of Squadron- Leader C. V. Widdy, RAAF, who, before the war, was general manager of Levers’
Pacific Plantations.
The Corps was formed in the days when the Japs were being driven from Guadalcanal, and its members had their first taste of battle when they carried ammunition and supplies right up to the front lines. The Corps’ duties include loading and unloading cargo vessels, road maintainance and construction, the build ing of warehouses and airfields, clearing camp sites, the erection of telegraph lines, salvage work and the operation of small coastal vessels. The Corps Honour Roll includes 16 men killed, 16 died of illness, and many wounded.