World War II 75th anniversary: Danté Ballarino recalls the Japanese surrender message

Angela Kelly
Updated August 15 2020 - 9:48am, first published August 14 2020 - 4:00pm
WAR TIME: Dante Ballarino recalls his time spent playing on Cotton's Farm during WWII.
WAR TIME: Dante Ballarino recalls his time spent playing on Cotton's Farm during WWII.

Dante Ballarino was seven-years old when the message that the war was over crackled through the wires at the Birkdale radio receiving station at Birkdale, south-east Queensland on August 15, 1945.

Angela Kelly

Angela Kelly

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Redland City Bulletin senior journalist covering politics, community issues and human interest stories. South African living the dream in Australia.