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Mobile Device  Never Knew Him, But I Honour My Grandfather's
Memory  I never knew him. He was dead before I was born, and I
know him only from my mother's accounts.  My mother's father -
my grandfather - was a farming man. And he was a hero, fighting
in some of the worst fighting of the Pacific War.  It was World
War II, and the Japanese Empire was at Australia's door. My
grandfather, originally from Pyramid Hill in Victoria, was among
the Australian soldiers, fighting the good fight, as one of the
Allied forces in Kokoda. He fought the enemy, undoubtedly he
killed many, and as a Sergeant he led his men through that harsh
jungle turned even more hellish through war.  However, there was
one instance where he found another soldier - one of his own
fellow Allies - trying to steal gold from one of the dead
Japanese soldier's teeth by kicking or pulling them out; trophy-
taking. He stopped the Allied soldier from doing so (I imagine a
beatdown was likely in