The local Wingham Hotel publican on the NSW Mid North Coast was giving every serviceman who enlisted a bottle of beer when best mates Stanley Lewis and Frederick Hume enrolled, according to Stan's nephew Garry Mortimer. The bottle of beer remained on the shelf at the back of Stan's mum's kitchen cupboard. Australian War Memorial assistant curator Andrew Muir said the bottle remained well sealed and was being examined and preserved by the memorial's conservation team.
Author: James Tugwell
Published at: 2025-08-02 22:09:54
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