{"id":1776,"date":"2013-07-15T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T02:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2013-07-11T12:46:11","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T02:46:11","slug":"war-letters-borneo-15-july-1945-townsville-departing-for-new-guinea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=1776","title":{"rendered":"War Letters &#8211; Borneo: 15 July 1945, Townsville; Departing for New Guinea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Townsville<\/p>\n<p>Sunday,\u00a09.30 am,<\/p>\n<p>[15 Jul 1945]<\/p>\n<p>Darling,<\/p>\n<p>Very hurried line to let you know that I am off to New Guinea in about 1\/4 hour.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of love to you and bub.<\/p>\n<p>Arrived here about 11 am yesterday morning &amp; have been staying at the Officer&#8217;s Club &#8211; am sharing the room &amp; the trip up with Capt. Mark Miller of divorce fame.\u00a0 Will write you all the gossip later.<\/p>\n<p>Love<\/p>\n<p>Am running out of both time and ink.<\/p>\n<p>Bill.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Background:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Divorce\u00a0Suit in 4th\u00a0Week<\/strong> .<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SYDNEY, Monday.-When the divorce suit of a Sydney couple well-known in social circles entered its\u00a0fourth week before a judge and jury in the\u00a0Divorce\u00a0Court to-day, it was estimated that costs had already passed the \u00a32500\u00a0mark. Parties to the action are\u00a0Captain\u00a0Marcus Matthew\u00a0Miller,A.I.F., son of a leading coal mine and brewery owner, and his wife, Jean Josephine\u00a0Miller\u00a0(nee O&#8217;Halloran),daughter of a well-known Sydney solicitor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Miller\u00a0is suing for\u00a0divorce\u00a0on the grounds of his wife&#8217;s adultery with Clifford Alexander, knitting mills proprietor, of Surry Hills, while his wife is cross-petitioning on the grounds of her husband&#8217;s adultery with a woman unknown and also his cruelty. Alexander is denying the allegation against him. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Source<\/strong>: 1945 &#8216;Divorce Suit in 4th Week.&#8217;,\u00a0Advocate\u00a0(Burnie, Tas. : 1890 &#8211; 1954), 5 June, p. 5, viewed 11 July, 2013, http:\/\/nla.gov.au\/nla.news-article68927076<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Townsville Sunday,\u00a09.30 am, [15 Jul 1945] Darling, Very hurried line to let you know that I am off to New Guinea in about 1\/4 hour. Lots of love to you and bub. 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