66 Leslie Cook Part 3 - New Guinea WW2
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Part Three 1942/3 - New Guinea adventures and more. Australian Leslie Eric Cook was in the second 14th of the Australian Imperial Force. He served in Greece, Crete, New Guinea, Borneo and Japan. Australian War Memorial website. Loads of pics and background. https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/remembering-war-new-guinea   Web site episode page - Full episode show notes, links, photo and transcript   Web site home page   Feedback/reviews - Apple   Twitter page   Facebook page   YouTube channel - Loads of my own videos - Dunkirk Mole, Gold Beach, much more ...   New Links page for researchers, service records etc: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/p/research/   NEW! The Museum page. Back stories, photos galore and souvenirs from Bill Cheall's war.  https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/p/the-museum-bill-chealls-souvenirs-and-photos/
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