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    Default Australians at War (Updated infrequently)

    Australians at War

    Korea





    Training for Korea









    RAAF operations in the Pacific Theatre WWII











    RAAF operations in the European Theatre WWII







    Pacific Theatre Australian POWs







    New Guinea, Bougainville & Timor









    Japan Surrenders







    Training in Australia & England during WWII
































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    Outstanding, thanks for posting those.

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    woah....Good stuff.

    Thanks

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    Is this the Australian made SMG?(forgot the type)

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    A very nice collection of images. Thanks for posting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flanker7 View Post


    Is this the Australian made SMG?(forgot the type)
    Yes... the Owen I think

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    Woah, that is a decent sized fella.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flanker7 View Post
    Is this the Australian made SMG?(forgot the type)
    Try finding the even more uncommon Aussie SMG - the Austen Mk1. There's one pic amongst that lot with at least a dozen visible examples.

    Wikipedia Austen Mk1

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    Quote Originally Posted by Auzzzie View Post
    Woah, that is a decent sized fella.
    What made those tracks?

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    Quote Originally Posted by stonecutter View Post
    What made those tracks?
    Emu, most of the tracks I've seen are barely bigger than my hand.

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    Thanks, never seen these pictures before!

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    What unit are these guys from? I wasn't aware Australia had any balmoral-wearing regiments

    http://castlemaine-boy.smugmug.com/p...60086923-O.jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by drakegoodman View Post
    Try finding the even more uncommon Aussie SMG - the Austen Mk1. There's one pic amongst that lot with at least a dozen visible examples.

    Wikipedia Austen Mk1

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    Quote Originally Posted by drakegoodman View Post
    Try finding the even more uncommon Aussie SMG - the Austen Mk1. There's one pic amongst that lot with at least a dozen visible examples.

    Wikipedia Austen Mk1
    http://castlemaine-boy.smugmug.com/p...60105731-O.jpg

    Here? They look a bit different to the Owen.

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    Clearly just a variation of Owen
    Last edited by baboon6; 06-06-2007 at 11:27 AM. Reason: Not loking properly

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    Tres cool. Thanks!

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