So embarrassing! The mix-up that soiled Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh’s childhood innocence
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Author of Great Australian Outback Yarns Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh has his own tales to spin, sharing with Deborah Knight one particularly awkward childhood moment.
As a young child, Swampy was ready to welcome home a war hero after his father sent home a note from the hospital.
“Well you could’ve guessed how I felt – I mean how many kids do you know who can proudly stand up and say that their dad’s got the VD?
“I imagine how he got it too , swinging from tree to tree, machine gun blazing, chucking hand grenades.
“And there was my mum, crying with relief that dad was still alive!”
Five-year-old Swampy’s mix-up eventually came to a head the day his dad arrived at the train station…
“Dad fainted, mum broke down again.”
Press PLAY below to hear Swampy’s hilarious childhood yarn
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