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Australia will be there. OTD in 1940
As Britain still reels from the Dunkirk evacuation a convoy slips into a Scottish port , its content?
A fighting formation of the Australian Imperial Forces
August 1943
Atherton Tableland.
As the 2/27th Battalion prepare to embark to New Guinea they receive an unexpected delivery.
Colonel Bishop's reply is a beauty.
Papua.
Late November 1942.
Rare to see such criticism in a battalion history but Gona was brutal.
It's worth remembering that the 2/27th Battalion was down to 160 men at this point.
They would be relieved in January 60 strong.
ALT CO of the 2/27th Battalion Geoff Cooper.
And now for a @DWB55 thread on the closing shots.
the fighting after the beachhead battles.
Things sorted now @almurray ?
The opening shots of the Kokoda campaign, another brilliant thread from the past by @DWB55
An older post and a few days out from an OTD but a great Kokoda thread from Dennis nitter.cf/DWB55/status/131876410…
Syria.
June 1942.
Bored of life in B echelon of the 2/27th WW1 veteran L/cpl Dick Howes joined the battalion assault.
His enthusiasm and questionable french got him the M.M. and the biggest bollocking of his life from the C.O.
Forgot just how good this book was and great to be in the company again of Angus Suthers and the Tasmania/North Queensland combo that was the 2/12th Battalion.
An old post.
Some of the most iconic photos of the SW pacific campaign.
George Silk going in with the 2/12th at Buna.
CSM Athol Shillaker,
2/27th Battalion AIF
of Adelaide S.A
Fought a private war with captured french weapons in Syria.
On return to Australia joined the RAAF as a rear gunner and completed a tour on Bombers and with Pathfinder Force
Beware my tale woe gentlemen .
You read one book about Australian soldiers cutting toothbrushes and blankets to save weight ....
The South Australian battalion are down to less than 150 men.
Orders from Brigade?
Keep attacking.
Another post from the good old days about the Buna fighting.
The 2/10th Battalion joins the stoush.
I'm back with 18th Australian Brigade at Buna.
A path I've walked before and thought I'd share a post from those days.
Don't know why but the indecent haste of the assault still angers me.
BBC News - Woman who clung to Spitfire during Second World War remembered - BBC News
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm87…
A great bit of local aviation history
Australian friends,
Is refering to someone as a "joker" a general Australian term or is it more common in South Australia?
Not entirely left the Thai/Burma railway behind.
I remember the impression this book made on me when it was published.
Casting Bill Paterson to read it was inspired.
"Silent" Cyril Clowes describes his lively arrival to take command of Milne force in 1942.
As one Australian veteran commented.
" if you were going to give the world an enema Milne Bay would be where you'd apply it"
