TELEGRAM
Stamped Telegraph Office Sydney -1 SP 43
Stamped Telephoned 8.55P
URGT J 35 BRISBANE 21 8- P
PIDGEON
85 NORTHWOOD RD LANE COVE
SYDNEY
UN PLANE ARRIVE FRIDAY DAWNISH CENTRAL DON’T CALL WILL SEE YOU HOME LOVE … BILL
( 85 UN )
This is the last of Bill’s letters home during his assignment to North-west Australia. Much of the material Bill gleaned from his assignment appeared in works reproduced in The Australian Women’s Weekly throughout the rest of 1943 and well into 1944.
He would next travel to New Guinea in January-February 1944 and then to Morotai in January-February 1945 and Borneo in July-August 1945. These letters were all originally published online in 2013, 2014 and 2015 on the occasion of their 70th anniversaries. It is similarly planned to update and repuplish them in recognition of their 80th in 2024 and 2025.
– Peter Pidgeon, September 1, 2023