Standard Kip for Two Up set : Private M G Heuston, 2/12 Commando Squadron, AIF

Standard wooden Kip, part of the Two Up set used by NX203594 Private Milton George Heuston, 2/12 Commando Squadron.

Milton George Heuston was born at Narrabri, NSW, in 1925. He enlisted in the AIF in April 1944, aged 18, and joined 2/12 Commando Squadron at Bathurst. After training at Canungra, the unit was engaged in the recapture of British Borneo, principally in clearing the island of Labuan. While still in Australia, Heuston had purchased, from an AIF Middle East veteran who was awaiting a medical discharge, ownership and rights to a Two Up game. Many of the pennies which form part of the game had previously been used by the veteran's father during the First World War. This lucrative game travelled with Heuston for the remainder of the war, and was used at Townsville, Morotai, Labuan, Kuching and Rabaul. Details on the playing of the game can be found online in an Australian War Memorial Encyclopedia entry on Two Up.