39th
Australian Infantry Battalion Association
1941-
1943
TheGood
Guts
Back in 1942, while
serving in Port Moresby all sorts of sometimes quite incredulous
rumours were passed between soldiers. Quite often the veracity of
the rumour was vouched for by the addition of the words' "I'll give you
the good guts".
Two members of 39th
Battalion, Bill Guest and Kevin Grey, went further than this and began
hand writing a regular bulletin which they pinned to the trunk of a
tree or a tent pole. They called this bulletin The Good Guts
. After the war what better name could be given to the
Battalion Association's Newsletter than this same name?
It has progressed
from a hand-written bulletin to a roneo production and from that to
being photocopied until now it is a glossy magazine produced six times
a year.
This page will
allow you to read some of the more recent issues. Click on
the appropriate button to viuew the iussue you wish to see.
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