From Light Horse to P.O.W of Nippon – the story of Walter BOOTH

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Sep 7, 2009

You could not find a bigger contrast in topography- experienced by one man during two World Wars.    From riding in the heat and dust of  ’The Desert Column’ with the Australian Light Horse - to the monsoonal downpours experienced by the diggers of the 8th Australian Division in Malaya and Java; Walter James BOOTH fought in two conflicts in opposite [...]