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stormfour · Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:32 am Post subject: Boy Shot On Hostel

Hey guys I have posted a link below,I found it while trolling around the net ( as you do ) when you go to the link it will bring up two newspaper pages,have a look at the one on the left where it says boy shot in back..I have never heard of this one,and I was wondering if any body on the forum had ?

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19610213&id=QZsUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4agDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3772,2062852
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Carol Myers Altona Hostel Dec 1962 - June 1964

caroline · Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:48 am Post subject:

Carol I remember hearing the story of the chap who got shot, What I heard was there were four fellowes shared a unit, all were from Britain and after a dance one night, there was a chap from Yugoslavia who fancied one of the girls from the hostel, but she went home with someone else, the Yugoslav chap shot one of the young Brits, but he was'nt the one who the girl went home with, they then banned Yugoslavs from the hostel, I don't know if this is the right story or not,I would be interested to know too.

oceania-V · Active Member Joined: 16 Mar 2010 Posts: 21

My Younger Brother Terry and I remember when there were Yugoslavians on the Hostel we didn't know what they were but we thought they had funny shaped heads that were oval side ways so we called them salmon heads like a tin of canned salmon. I also remember a night when a woman banged on the door for help everyone was out but we let her in and went back to bed .Later I asked Dad and he said she was afraid of the storm, but she was beaten up so I didn't belive him.
She was gone the next morning.