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William Pettit and Ken McPhan of the Gippsland Independent and Express newspaper, Victoria

Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-

 

"U429/23. A wartime skeleton staff of two produces the Drouin "Independent" (once weekly); circulation 1,000. It prints social doings ... Apprentice Ken McPhan (16) who is an Air Training Corps cadet, helps owner-manager-editor-reporter ... William Pettit (59) who has run country newspapers all his life." --Printed on label.; Title devised by cataloguer from caption on label.; Condition: Good.; Part of the collection: Drouin town and rural life during World War II.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24207494.

 

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Uploaded on September 23, 2011
Taken sometime in 1944