Wollongong returned serviceman recalls Hiroshima clean-up ahead of Remembrance Day

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Updated November 10 2019 - 8:45pm, first published 5:00pm
Thankless task: John Lucas was among the Allied Forces sent to Japan to clean up after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Picture: Sylvia Liber
Thankless task: John Lucas was among the Allied Forces sent to Japan to clean up after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Picture: Sylvia Liber

Not even 12 months after the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Australian Army Private John Lucas walked directly through the path of its destruction.

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Lisa Wachsmuth

Deputy Editor

Deputy editor and health reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, covering stories in the Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama local government areas. For news tips email lwachsmuth@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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