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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Captain Robert W. Metcalf, the last U.S. Army member on duty in Australia since WWII, is departing Sydney tomorrow night after six years, having liquidated surplus war material. He is taking his Australian wife and daughter back to the U.S.
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SYDNEY, Australia. (AP) The last Yank is leaving down under tomorrow night.
Capt. Robert W. Metcalf, who lived in Elmira, N. Y., has been here six years. When he arrived in 1943, there were 1,000,000 American troops in this country.
Since September, Metcalf has been the only wartime member of the U. S. army still on duty in Australia. He has been on loan to the state department, cleaning up surplus war material as representative of the foreign liquidation commission.
That job now is finished.
Metcalf will take back to the U. S. the Sydney girl he married and their 18-month-old daughter.
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Sydney, Australia
Event Date
Tomorrow Night
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surplus war material liquidation completed; last u.s. wartime army member departs with family.
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Capt. Robert W. Metcalf, from Elmira, N.Y., arrived in Australia in 1943 when 1,000,000 American troops were present. Since September, he has been the only one left, on loan to the State Department for the foreign liquidation commission. His job is now finished, and he will return to the U.S. with his Sydney wife and 18-month-old daughter.