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Old 28-03-2008, 02:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Another Bloody Aussie

Hi everyone. As per my callsign, I am a representative of the Australian Bunker & Military Museum. I found this site whilst doing my scheduled monthly google search on the "Bundaberg Bunker". Great forum from what I can see - thoughful and informative.

I look forward to talking with you all.

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Old 28-03-2008, 03:43 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Hi everyone. As per my callsign, I am a representative of the Australian Bunker & Military Museum. I found this site whilst doing my scheduled monthly google search on the "Bundaberg Bunker". Great forum from what I can see - thoughful and informative.

I look forward to talking with you all.

Cheers,

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Welcome ABMM,

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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:
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Old 28-03-2008, 05:51 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Welcome ABMM, and yes, there are a lot of Aussies here. We send over the criminals and get you lot in return - very poor return
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Old 28-03-2008, 07:36 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Oh dear god not another bloody colonial!

Welcome to the forum ABMM
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Old 28-03-2008, 07:39 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy the site.
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Old 29-03-2008, 12:31 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Hi ABMM, welcome to the forum! Hope you have a god time here!
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Old 29-03-2008, 02:33 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Another colonial indeed .... we are taking over! We now even have Newfoundland on our side.

But this one is Americanized ..... "you all"??

My good friend in Georgia told me that if he asked if "you all" are coming for dinner, that was just me. He then asked me the plural if I was to bring my family.

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"All y'all",
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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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We have a winner!!
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