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Show JIMMY BRITT JOINS AUSTRALIAN TROOPS NEW YORK Dec 11 -J mm Britt one tme gh weight champion of Amer lea Is on a B sh troopsh p somewhere on the Ind an ocean a pivate in G eat Br a n s co on al arm bound for the trenches of Ga po " thin a fortnight he w p obab y be on the f r ng Ine bat t ng for he a es on the same f eld wheeA F W dnggaehs life some n on hs ago No one n his country had the si ght es n mation hat Britt was e en In e ested n he war unt 1 very recently when K L ppe rece! ed a etter mailed A s a a n w hlch Br tt wrote he had en s ed n an Aus rallan resrtment nd was o sa fo e front lmmedlatel s e e B e s of reaching Aus aawhaade e troupe at a t me w pn Eng and s s and co t nen w as in a e e of ex emen o er ho war H b he n pass oned appea s of the e nD off s Prl en s ed The ne few weeks e spen a an atr on ca np n ante ng e manual of a ms and a de ng muscles wh ci once f m and so d had grown a t fle ess supp e n the ears s nee he qu t the pr ze r ng Then his realment re el ed "a ng orders and Britt, wearing a prl ate un form, went a warring . |