A soldier with an unusual job in Korea is 23157 Private (Pte) James (Jim) Healy of Waratah, NSW. ...

A soldier with an unusual job in Korea is 23157 Private (Pte) James (Jim) Healy of Waratah, NSW. Pte Healy is caretaker, mechanist and general factotum for 28 British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade's Wilton Theatre. The theatre is a huge prefabricated Quonset hut capable of seating an entire battalion. It is the result of an idea by the former Brigade Commander, Brigadier (Brig) J Wilton of Melbourne, Vic, to provide an auditorium where visiting concert parties could be given the best possible facilities, and where troops could see shows in comfort. Brig Wilton relinquished command of the Brigade earlier this year, but when the theatre was opened two months ago, it was named in his honour. Pte Healy's job is to look after its drapes, lighting and properties and to act as stage manager for visiting artists. Pte Healy is also a qualified projectionist, and hopes to be able to show films in the theatre. Pte Healy has been in Korea for eight months, and has been in the army for 14 years. in the Second World War he fought in the Middle East and in New Guinea with 2/3 battalion, but later joined a Port Operating Company, and became a salvage diver. Before he came to Korea, Pte Healy made news by skindiving to salvage an amphibious tank that was wrecked off a Newcastle beach. Pte Healy is leaving the army in February , to take up six months' holiday in England. But he plans to join up again when his holiday is over. Here he is adjusting the velvet curtains on the stage of the Wilton Theatre. (Original British Commonwealth Forces Korea (BCFK) Public Relations caption).