Blossy,

Unfortunately, even Uncle Bill had accusations made against him when he was Governor General of Australia.

However, he was a remarkable general. My Dad was in the XIVth Army and wouldn’t hear a bad word said about him.

A favourite anecdote from Slim’s biography, paraphrased from memory, is that after he had given a rousing informal chat to a group of troops in the jungle, one of them shouted:

”We’re right behind you, Sir!”

Slim responded: “ No, actually I’ll be behind you!”

As far as Dogsbody is concerned, after having read of his treatment of his Batman, while a POW and his subsequent behaviour, including his rudeness to female staff at WLAC, I’m firmly in the camp that his behaviour was unacceptable. His achievements as a fighter pilot are immaterial.