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Originally Posted by 3toes
So I see, but I could just about guarantee it was the last thing on his mind back then unless he intended to spend Japanese "Invasion Money". I think most soldiers who served in the Islands had a handful when they left as a Souvenir & it stank of the Jungle & other humid areas ie. Mildewed to buggery & Purely of no value anywhere unless in a Japanese controlled area. They went to a lot of trouble for when they were going to rule the Asia Zone. I can still smell it, as a heap of it sat on top of our bedroom wardrobe post '45 courtesy of Uncle Bob, Dental Technician, together with a few cloth bandoliers of .303 (? Aust or Japanese, could have been either ????) & a couple of 20mm Canon shells which I now believe were Armored Piercing. No idea if those were deactivated or not. I wonder if my old man told him to get them shifted or what, as they disappeared after a few months, so probably. If there'd been a hammer with them I guess as kids the 20s would have got a belting.:bangin::BigCry::Rolling: Ah Happy Days.
Japanese invasion money - Wikipedia
Reading that article it sounds like some one coughed up with some cash later on for him but I doubt it was due to a Guilty Conscience on their part.
The poor bastard, he couldn't blame that on the issued ciggies could he, unless he was smoking rolled up Toilet Paper or ratted the old Q-store his mates had left behind.Quote:
As a private in a colonial unit from a now-independent country, Nakamura was not entitled to a pension (due to a 1953 change in the law on pensions), thus received only the minimal sum of ¥68,000 (US $227.59 at the time, US $1,200 in 2020).[1] This caused a considerable outcry in the press, motivating the Taiwanese government and the public to donate a total of ¥4,250,000 to Nakamura.[7] Five years after his repatriation, on 15 June 1979, Nakamura died of lung cancer.[6]
Google his name, it is quite a spread. No not Uncle Bob, the Nippon Soldier.[bigrolf]
