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Collection of Gull Force interviews and events To view the collection, click on the link below. http://www.youtube.com/user/221GULLFORCE#p/u Veteran recollections Click here to view part 1 of an interview with veterans Tom Pledger, Bob Allen, Vernon Ball and Jack Serant. This link will take you from our website to youtube. Part 2 can be selected after watching. Japanese sign final Surrender Click here to view a historical video of the Japanese surrender on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2nd September 1945. This link will take you from our website to youtube.
A Soldier's Prayer
"Stay with me God! The night is dark, The night is cold. My little spark Of courage dies. The night is long. Be with me God and make me strong!
Help me, oh God, when death is near To mock the haggard face of fear, That when I fall - if fall I must - My soul may Triumph in the dust." Pompey Jackson, aged 22, sent this poem to his cousin Jean, back in Australia, from Ambon before the fighting at Laha began. Its origin is unknown. Pompey Jackson was executed after capture by the Japanese Marine Force, after the abortive defence of the Laha airfield, in February 1942.
They loaded us in cattle trucks in steamy Katherine, Where mosquitoes tackle by the shore and metho substitutes for wine, A few miles south of Darwin where there is no railway station, Our train came slowely to a halt : It was our destination. To conclude our story our luck is surley 'cursed' It's not our fault we're not abroard, It's the fate of the Twenty first. From the poem The Fate of the 2/21st by an anonymous member of the battalion 1941. The poem bewails their fate of, not at that time, being sent overseas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Click on the link below to see a magazine article on the story of Bill Doolan, killed in action on Ambon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Posted home to Mum and Uncle Ted from W.C. (Billy) Arrowsmith
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A web site dedicated to The Hutchins Brothers, 7 went to war to fight for our country, 4 of whom died as Japanese PoW's on Ambon. Click on the link below to see the site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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