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 view the issue
you wish to see. You will need Acrobat
Reader installed in your computer to
access these copies but do not
despair. Many computers come these
days with the programme already
installed and, if by chance, it is
not already in your computer you can
"download it" free of charge.
Open your Search Engine [Google or
similar] and enter Adobe Acrobat Reader
and then follow the prompts that follow.
This
button is linked to the most recent issue of The Good Guts