Greek Consul John Anictomatis was given a historic cash box that went missing from Japan during World War II. “I will make some inquiries with foreign affairs and if it has no significance I will use it here at the Consulate,” he said.
The dark green metal box was used for petty cash at the Greek Consulate in Osaka, Japan before the war began. Well known war veteran Arthur “Pappadopoulos” Page had the box in his possession for nearly 50 years. His father was the Greek Consul in Osaka but the family was forced to flee to Fremantle, Australia when the war with Japan was declared in 1941.
Mr. Page who is now 88 years old and lives in Brisbane, handed the box to Gavin Anderson, treasurer of a Queensland gun club about two years ago.
But Mr. Andersen decided the box should be with Mr. Anictomatis when he met the Consul at a dinner in Darwin earlier this month. “It’s an item of the past that should get back to where it came from” Mr. Andersen said.
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