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spidge · 21-09-2007, 10:00 AM

Australia - John Curtain - Third Wartime Prime Minister October 141 - July 1945

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curtin

John Joseph Curtin (8 January 1885 – 5 July 1945), Australian politician and 14th Prime Minister of Australia, led Australia when the Australian mainland came under direct military threat during the Japanese advance in World War II. He is widely regarded as one of the country's greatest Prime Ministers.[1] General Douglas MacArthur said that Curtin was "one of the greatest of the wartime statesmen".[2] His Prime Ministerial predecessor, Arthur Fadden of the Country Party wrote: "I do not care who knows it but in my opinion there was no greater figure in Australia public life in my lifetime than Curtin."[3]

http://john.curtin.edu.au/behindthes...ms/curtin.html

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,320 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	Australia - John Curtain - Third Wartime Prime Minister October 141 - July 1945 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curtin John Joseph Curtin (8 January 1885 – 5 July 1945), Australian politician and 14th Prime Minister of Australia, led Australia when the Australian mainland came under direct military threat during the Japanese advance in World War II. He is widely regarded as one of the country's greatest Prime Ministers.[1] General Douglas MacArthur said that Curtin was "one of the greatest of the wartime statesmen".[2] His Prime Ministerial predecessor, Arthur Fadden of the Country Party wrote: "I do not care who knows it but in my opinion there was no greater figure in Australia public life in my lifetime than Curtin."[3] http://john.curtin.edu.au/behindthes...ms/curtin.html __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm