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06-03-2008, 11:17 PM
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| Super Moderator   Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia
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You're Top Poster: #3   | Welcome John, Glad to have you aboard! Tell us a bit more about yourself and how you found us.
__________________ 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 |
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06-03-2008, 11:33 PM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | G'day John, good to see you here. Hope you enjoy reading and posting on the forum. ...and, what they said!
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp  Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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07-03-2008, 04:50 AM
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You're Top Poster: #15 | Owen, Spidge, Andy Thank you all for your welcome. I am interested in the battle that took place on 27/8/1942 in which my cousin was killed by the Japanese at KB mission, Milne Bay New Guinea Regards John |
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07-03-2008, 06:38 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | Spidge and Digger are probably best placed to help you here, John.
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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07-03-2008, 07:38 AM
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You're Top Poster: #3 | Quote:
On 26th of August 1942, against heavy opposition from the RAAF, the Japanese were able to land with supplies and heavy equipment including tanks. The Australians were under the impression that the swampy terrain made tank use impossible. The Australian troops did not have much in the way of heavy armoured vehicles and were at a distinct disadvantage. Japanese sniper fire was also responsible for many deaths. On the night of 27 August, 2/10th Australian Infantry Battalion, a South Australian unit, were forced to withdraw with heavy losses.
__________________ 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 | |
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07-03-2008, 05:46 PM
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You're Top Poster: #4  | Watcha John
__________________ "Time is a great storyteller" If my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCALATOR = EVERLASTING FUN God is the experience of looking at a tree and saying, "Ah!" - Joseph Campbell |
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07-03-2008, 09:48 PM
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You're Top Poster: #5  | Welcome to the funny farm, John!
__________________ WWW.Warfaretoday.com HSL130 picking up the crew of a downed Halifax  Et tantis pretis constitutis plures Macropodidas in hae caupona minime videbis |
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