Message from Cam Finlay about John “Barney” Hines, 1917, 45th Battalion AIF, France and Belgium
John “Barney” Hines (photo) was a real thorn in the side of the German army during World War I, so much so that the Kaiser put a price on his head “dead or alive”. Hines had the happy knack of being able to wreck German pill boxes which threatened Australian troops using his favourite Mills bombs (grenades). On top of that, he became a master at souveniring, looting all sorts of items from dead and captured Germans and returning triumphant to the Australian lines. So good was he that he became known as the “Souvenir King”.
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Nov
23
2009
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Category : Archive Stories, John Barney Hines
Tags: 45th Battalion, AIF, Australian Barbarian, Belgium, British Army, Cam Finlay, England, France, John Barney Hines, Liverpool, Mills bombs, New Zealand, Passchendaele, Polygon Wood, Souvenir King
