WW1 veteran returns to Belgium to dig up Rum he hid 40 yrs earlier in 1916

[jollyjacktar]

A cool story from Front Page Challenge in 1956.  Story and video link to original broadcast. 

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/ww-i-vet-returns-to-belgium-40-years-later-to-dig-up-buried-rum-1.4394822

 

[Blackadder1916]

A cool story from Front Page Challenge in 1956.  Story and video link to original broadcast. 

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/ww-i-vet-returns-to-belgium-40-years-later-to-dig-up-buried-rum-1.4394822

I like the story, maybe because I have my own army rum story.  However "Tiny" seems to have been a little bit of a s*** disturber in his teenage military service.  Looking through his service records, it's noted that he was stopped pay (day for day) for a few instances of A.W.L., was dinged with 14 days stoppage of pay for drunkenness (though he complained about that not being legitimate at time of his discharge) and received three days Field Punishment No.1 for refusing an order and insolence to an NCO.  But service was still rated as "Good" at time of discharge.  How the times have changed.

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=222320
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B8788-S043