That one is the front cover to Les Carlyon's Gallipoli.
A true living legend. Met him recently for a historical discussion on the Battle of Coral, he was a CSM at the time. The calibre of the JNCO/SNCO ranks at the time was superb. 20 yr old Corporals with 2 tours to count. He was the best of the best at the time.
General Sir Thomas A. Blamey GBE KCB CMG DSO ED.
Extract from diggerhistory:
On 28 November 1914, the then Major Thomas Blamey sailed for Egypt where he became part of the 1st Division Headquarters, as General Staff Officer, Grade 3 (GSO3), in charge of intelligence. As such, he landed at Anzac Cove along with Major General W. T. Bridges, Lieutenant Colonel C. B. B. White and Lieutenant R. G. Casey at around 7:30am on 25 April 1915. In the early afternoon, Bridges sent Blamey to Colonel J. W. McCay's 2nd Brigade to evaluate the situation. Blamey telephoned headquarters at 3:30pm and informed them that reinforcements were urgently required. An hour later McCay again requested reinforcements, and Blamey added his opinion that they were urgently required. A battalion was sent.
On the night of 13 May 1915, Blamey, in his capacity as intelligence officer, led a patrol consisting of himself, Sergeant J. H. Will and Bombardier A. A. Orchard, behind the Turkish lines in an effort to locate the Olive Grove guns that had been harassing the beach. Near Pine Ridge, an enemy party of eight Turks approached and one of them went to bayonet Orchard, so Blamey shot him with his revolver. In the fire fight that followed, six Turks were killed. Blamey withdrew his patrol back to the Australian lines without locating the guns. Later, examination of the fuse setting on a dud round revealed that the guns were much further to the south than had been realised.
Australian officer's uniforms circa 1940
Volunteer Defence Corps uniform circa 1940
Winter warfare training - Mt Buffalo, Victoria
Training & manoeuvres
Comings & goings
Training the militia
Training for gas attack
The real thing - 1917
Jungle warfare
Optimism
You raise a valid point whether you realise it or not, there is only so much "training for the real thing" you can do. Nothing substitutes "doing the real thing". Hence the caliber of our ranks back then.Originally Posted by XIE
A true living legend. Met him recently for a historical discussion on the Battle of Coral, he was a CSM at the time. The calibre of the JNCO/SNCO ranks at the time was superb. 20 yr old Corporals with 2 tours to count. He was the best of the best at the time.
No, it was fully intended. This guy had just missed out on WW2 and was not happy about that. He did Korea, Malaya, Borneo and then went to Vietnam. That wealth of knowledge is phenomenal in that environment. Something that may never get repeated in the ARA/ARES ever, if at all.
Vietnam
Souvenirs
Positioning a 25pdr near Wewak
Korea
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M113 MRV at Puckapunyal Tank Museum.
The Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle (MRV) replaced the FSV, also as an interim vehicle. The Army took delivery of 36 Scorpion turrets in 1977 and fitted them to the M113 hull to give the them the MRV. The MRV had a 76mm main armament, two .30 cal machine guns and an early image intensification night sight. The MRV was also fitted with flotation pods to make it amphibious. By 1978 the MRV had completely replaced the FSV in the Regiment.
Para-cycle
Alternate form of transport
Australian troops Wareo New Guinea
U.S. Troops training in Australia during WW2
Survey "Commandos" at Korako New Guinea
The Light Horse - 1939
Korea
Back to Pucka...
RAAF Caribou
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Served 35 Sqn in Vietnam Jun '65 - Feb '72. Suffered battle damage on 30 Jul '67 (two rounds of .30 calibre) and 19 Jan '69 (3 mortar rounds hit ground 25m from aircraft).
RAAF WWII
Sunderland 10 Sqn; P-40s 76 Sqn; Spitfire Vb 453 Sqn.
F1 Sub-machinegun
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