Page 12 ATLANTIC VOICE SATURDAY, 21st. April 1945 BULLETINS FROM BRITAIN ANO ra 155 ent until Nos RETURN BRITISH HEROES ON UNSUSPECTED MUTUAL AID FROM AUSTRALIA TARAWA DEPTHS AUSTRALIA is supplying Australian civilians, Austra TO MANDALAY food for 12. 000. 000 people. lian armed forces and the SEN King George has recently Mr. William Scully, Austra peoples of the liberated Eu approved the award of the During these war years lia Minister of Commerce, ropean nations.
FRED The ancient and fabled George Medal for great bra courage of every kind, from who is also controller of food Australia huge outpu city of Mandalay recently very to two Englishmen on the supreme heroism of the production and distribution, of citrus fruit juice, 75 de FED fell to British and Indian Japanese occupied territory fighting men to the workers recently announced this cent of her butter, eggs troops after years 10 who relayed information on overcoming long hours and achievement of the Common cheese, processed milk, tin FISCA months and 12 days of Ja enemy activities to the out tedium and the gallant hous wealth (whose total popula ned goods, dried fruits and panese occupation. With the side world by means of a ewives grappling with ration tion is only 7, 000, 000. and potatoes went, to the Allies capture of Fort Dufferin concealed wireless for nearing and regulations, has gave some highlights of this In the present year Aus which many of the enemy ly a year.
been manifest.
important piece of mutual tralia will be providing sup selected to make their tomb Major Francis George We have been made to tap aid.
Por plies for the British Pacific the 12 day seige of Manda Leopold Holland, taria E, our resources and have disOut of her total meat pro Fleet, now based on Austra lay ended.
was Director of Education covered unsuspected depths duction of 020. 000 el 17 tons, lia Food for liberated Paci in the Gilbert and Ellice Is of endurance and fortitude. 420. 000 tons were used by fic territories, to be distri nombr Artillery of the 19th In ands, and 2nd Lieutenant Maybe we are straining the military and naval forces buted by the Far Barbo: Eastern dian Division was pounding Morgan was an in our material wealth to the of the and other Allied Committee of Unrra, wil al Fiscal Fort Dufferin, when four tructor of native radio ope full. But spiritual resources nations; the remainder was so be largely supplied by món.
Burmese carrying whitelrators on Tarawa when the are not governed by human divided between British and Australia.
flags and the Union Jack Japanese landed on Decem restrictions. They remain to Nue came out and reported that ber 10, 1941. Anticipating be drawn upon in the days el the Japanese forces had re auch an attack, the two men ahead. Courage can not be MINIMUM BRITISH MEAT SUPPLY confia tired from the fort, under had organised a system of measured.
cutivo cover of darkness.
transmitting information to The estimate of civilian vere and continued drough señor Sikhs, Punjabis and Gurk the outside world from a reSeveral months later the consumption of meat in the in Australia and New Zea por su has of the 19th Division en mote village.
Japanese returned to Tara United Kingdom, as report land, which have been the petene tered the fortress to search When the Japanese land. wa and executed 22 Euro ed by the Combined Food chief sources of supply for enemy troops who might ed, Major Holland remained peans, one of whom was Board in Food Board in Britain, Stock piles have now be hiding in the former Bri: in the danger zone and sent Lieutenant Morgan. Food Consumtion Levels in been dispersed. In spite o ESAL tish barracks of the garden vital nformation to Lieut.
The King approved the the United States, Canada long continued rationing, Bry surrounding the red lacquer Morgan by means of run award of the George Medal and the United Kingdom. tain has released its surplu palace of the ancient Burners. This information was in 1942, but as long as Mor recently published, is 108 food supply for the Contin the Minister mese rulers. The palace it immediately broadcast by gan remained at his hazar pounds, against self was left in flames by Lieut. Morgan dous work it was impossible pounds in the United States. Food has stated that there the Japanese.
Considering the civil po to announce it. When word Translated into housewives is no security margin left.
pulation trapped on the is was sent to him on his radio, terms, this means one pound varad Approximately 500 Japa land, the enemy temporari he replied, To complete butcher meat, weekly, nese were believed to be holly left Tarawa Morgan and my happiness on October for adults and less for chil THE VICTORIA CROS. Por ding out in the southern sec Holland made arrangements 15, 1942, was the cause of dren, averaging 42 pounds The Victoria Cross, th sumisa tion of the city, caught bet for a rescue vessel to be sent the murder of Morgan and per head per year for the highest of all British deco ween the eastern and west to evacuate the civilians. Ma the other 21 prisoners. whole population The re rations which takes (prece que es ern spearheads of the 19th jor Holland led the escape After the capture of Tamainder of the 108 pounds dence of all other Orders an Division and the 2nd Divi party successfully to American quiera marines is bacon, non rationed meat medals was instituted Código sion which had moved east rescue ship, while Lieut. erected a memorial to the (classed as offal. meat in een Victoria in 1856 during mo de ward from the Irrawaddy Morgan remained behind to 22 men which bears this sausages, and canned meat the Crimean War.
River communicate further news inscription: on points. The figures also expone It can be awarded to an The capture of Mandalay, of enemy activities. This in Standing unarmed to include the supplies of meat member of the armed forces has, actually, more political formation proved invaluatheir posts they (matched allotted to canteens and hos irrespective of rank, for su NUE than military significance, ble to Allied naval authori brutality with gallanty and tels. Even this ration amount preme valour and devotion The British block at Meikti ties.
met death with fortitude. is threatened because of se to duty in face of the ene CIO la, 80 miles south of Man dalay, to a large extent nuAtaque en la Nievej The is a bronze cros: llified the value of the city with raised edges. On the to the Japanese from a deobverse, in the centre is fensive view point. However, lion standing on a crown Mandalay in the eyes of the while below, in a semi circu Age Burmese is of utmost impor lar scroll, are the words For tenga tance. As the original site of Valour. The reverse has tar en Burmese Buddhist culture raised edges also and in the riódico and the capital of the last central circle is engraved crónica Burmese dynasty in central the date of the act whic Burma, Mandalay is considwon the honour.
ered the focus of national The medal is suspende de acte life.
by a plain link from a which forms part of the person At the same time the Bribronze clasp, ornamented tish Thirty sixth Division with laurel leaves, through ton po aptured Mogok, the site of which the ribbon passes. The the world largest ruby mi name, rank, ship, regimen: or squadron of the recipient All these coordinated moare eagraved on the back ves are part of one of the Soldados estadounidenses avanzan a través de la nieve para ocupar una aldea en el of the clasp. The ribbe piante most brilliant operations of Frente Occidental después de haber desalojado de ella a los bazis.
one and a half inches wide, grada British strategy in the war. Este documento es propiedad de la Biblioteca Nacional Miguel Obregon Lizano del Sistema Nacional de Bibliotecas del Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud Costa Rica.
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