So scattered are Australia's airmen about India, the Burma frontier, Ceylon and Indian Ocean bases, and serving in RAF squadrons, that they are perhaps in danger t home of becoming a half-forgotten force. They are represented in practically every operational unit in this area, sometimes as the lone Australian in squadron composed of British and Dominion airmen, and sometimes forming a large proportion of their unit's air crew ...
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Article : 161 wordsNew Zealand's High Commissioner to Australia, Mr. J. G. Barclay, is confident that Australia and New Zealand will receive the same ...
Article : 263 wordsSir Keith Murdoch, the first Australian to arrive home after having witnessed the drama of England on invasion day, met most of the great war leaders of Britain and the United States during his 28,000 mile tour. Here are his pin-point impressions ...
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Article : 100 wordsThe size of Australia's standing army and its other defence arms after the war would depend greatly on the extent of the defeat inflicted ...
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Article : 94 words"How is the battle going?" one war correspondent asked another when General Montgomery's 8th Army was fighting in Italy. ...
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Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946), Wed 19 Jul 1944, Page 3
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