{"id":3309,"date":"2014-01-20T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T01:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=3309"},"modified":"2023-08-11T16:52:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T06:52:17","slug":"war-letters-morotai-20-jan-1945-hollandia-met-cousin-ilmas-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=3309","title":{"rendered":"War Letters &#8211; Morotai: 20 Jan 1945, Hollandia; Met cousin Ilma&#8217;s husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Hollandia<\/h6>\n<h6>Saturday 20<sup>th<\/sup> Jan 44 [45]<\/h6>\n<h6>7.20 am<\/h6>\n<p>Darling,<\/p>\n<p>Am writing this whilst sitting safely &amp; placidly on a comfortable bed in a comfortable camp.\u00a0 As you observe I have at last got this pen into some semblance of working order. I hope it stays like this.\u00a0 Jack Hickson is still asleep \u2013 he\u2019s been asleep ever since we left Sydney.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3496\" style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wepidgeon\/8890286949\/in\/set-72157633808618581\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3496\" alt=\"War Correspondent, photographer Jack Hickson, asleep on the tran\" src=\"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-2-Hollandia-1.jpg\" width=\"380\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-2-Hollandia-1.jpg 380w, https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-2-Hollandia-1-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">War Correspondent, photographer Jack Hickson, asleep on the transport plane to New Guinea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We got here about 6.30 pm yesterday after a strenuous 11 hour trip from Townsville.\u00a0 And what a trip! 5 hours over the bleeding ocean, through rain squalls &amp; bumps and vague (at least to us) turnings.\u00a0 Sometimes only a 100 ft or so over the sea &amp; at others 8000.\u00a0 A dirty trip which caused your old man a certain amount of mental distress.\u00a0 Landed at Moresby drome where there was only one other plane on the field \u2013 that place is plenty dead these days.\u00a0 Took \u00bd hour to climb high enough to cross the Owen Stanleys which were covered with enormous clouds.\u00a0 We then turned up the Ramu Valley but were forced back by cloud before we got near Shaggy Ridge.\u00a0 Climbed to about 15000 ft &amp; passed over the bottom edge of the Bismarck Range &amp; so to the Finschhafen coast to the accompaniment of more mental agitation.\u00a0 Took us about 4 more hours flying time to get here which is just over the Dutch border.\u00a0 Was I glad to land?\u00a0 Was it good or bad?\u00a0 No one wanted us as no one had heard of us.\u00a0 After 1 \u00bd hours bum warming we managed a frugal meal at an air force camp &amp; finally made our way up to the American Public Relations section of this huge US camp.\u00a0 We slept here in some luxury.\u00a0 Was introduced to the major in charge [Richard (Dick) Brewer] who asked me my Christian name.\u00a0 His reaction to my weighty information was \u201cI am married to Ilma\u201d [Ilma Brewer nee Pidgeon, Wep&#8217;s first cousin].\u00a0 So you see I am living with relatives namely my cousin-in-law.\u00a0 He asked me how our chee-ild was.\u00a0 And how is the little pet?\u00a0 Does he miss dear old da?\u00a0 Drop me a letter (one only) c\/o RAAF Public Relations Morotai \u2013 but do it straightaway.\u00a0 I\u2019ll probably miss it anyway.\u00a0 Breakfast is due in a few moments. I\u2019ll try to write to greater length when we settle down some place.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of love dear.\u00a0 Look after yourself, Graham, and Mum.\u00a0 Giver her my love.<\/p>\n<p>Poppa<\/p>\n<p>(alias Daddas<\/p>\n<p>alias Weppie)<\/p>\n<p><em>[Richard and Ilma Brewer went back to the US after the war but returned to Australia a few years later to settle permanently. Dick became the General manager for Parker Pens Australia and Ilma earned a PhD and became a Lecturer in Botany at the University of Sydney]<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3600\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wepidgeon\/8890905528\/in\/set-72157633808618581\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3600 \" alt=\"W.E. Pidgeon's (WEP) War Correspondent licence, No. 370, issued\" src=\"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-0-War-Correspondent-Licence-1.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-0-War-Correspondent-Licence-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-0-War-Correspondent-Licence-1-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-0-War-Correspondent-Licence-1-500x248.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">W.E. Pidgeon&#8217;s (WEP) War Correspondent licence, No. 370, issued 13 Jan 1945 for his third trip to the south west Pacific war zone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3599\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wepidgeon\/8890908102\/in\/set-72157633808618581\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3599 \" alt=\"W.E. Pidgeon's (WEP) War Correspondent licence, No. 370, issued\" src=\"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-0-War-Correspondent-Licence-2.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-0-War-Correspondent-Licence-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-0-War-Correspondent-Licence-2-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-0-War-Correspondent-Licence-2-500x249.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">W.E. Pidgeon&#8217;s (WEP) War Correspondent licence, No. 370, issued 13 Jan 1945 for his third trip to the south west Pacific war zone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_3498\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3498\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wepidgeon\/11166209774\/in\/set-72157633808618581\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3498\" alt=\"21 x 11 cm\" src=\"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-2-Hollandia-4.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-2-Hollandia-4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-2-Hollandia-4-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/3-New-Guinea-and-Morotai-2-Hollandia-4-500x270.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American ambulance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 1 \u00bd hours bum warming we managed a frugal meal at an air force camp &#038; finally made our way up to the American Public Relations section of this huge US camp.  We slept here in some luxury.  Was introduced to the major in charge who asked me my Christian name.  His reaction to my weighty information was \u201cI am married to Ilma.\u201d  So you see I am living with relatives namely my cousin-in-law.  He asked me how our chee-ild was.  And how is the little pet?  Does he miss dear old da?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1655,62],"tags":[1797,1795,952,1786,1792,1798,1793,644,136,1794,1025,1799,1784,939,1796,65,1984,245],"class_list":["post-3309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-morotai-jan-feb-1945","category-war-letters","tag-american-public-relations","tag-bismarck-range","tag-dutch-new-guinea","tag-finschhafen","tag-hollandia","tag-ilma-brewer-nee-pidgeon","tag-jack-hickson","tag-mary-jane-graham","tag-new-guinea","tag-owen-stanley-mountains","tag-port-moresby","tag-raaf-public-relations-mortotai","tag-shaggy-ridge","tag-townsville","tag-us-air-force-camp","tag-war-correspondent","tag-war-letters","tag-wep"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>War Letters - Morotai: 20 Jan 1945, Hollandia; Met cousin Ilma&#039;s husband - Pidgeon Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=3309\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"War Letters - Morotai: 20 Jan 1945, Hollandia; Met cousin Ilma&#039;s husband - Pidgeon Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After 1 \u00bd hours bum warming we managed a frugal meal at an air force camp &amp; finally made our way up to the American Public Relations section of this huge US camp. 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