World War 2 veteran remembers his stint in New Guinea vividly

By Claire Hunter
Updated August 13 2020 - 5:31pm, first published August 12 2020 - 8:00am
Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Erica Fish marches down Elizabeth Street with her grandfather Cecil Fish during the 2016 Anzac Day march in Sydney, NSW. Photo: Courtesy Defence
Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Erica Fish marches down Elizabeth Street with her grandfather Cecil Fish during the 2016 Anzac Day march in Sydney, NSW. Photo: Courtesy Defence

For Cecil Fish, Friday the 13th is a lucky day. A sapper during the Second World War, he narrowly escaped death on that date when a sentry opened fire on him as he returned from posting a bunch of letters.

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