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Another excellent entry in Mike's RAN series and a must read for those interested in Naval history and Australian military history.

(HMAS Stuart in the Battle of Matapan, 1941, by Frank Norton)

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Good call

The further West the war went...the drunker the generals got.

Dim Tim.

3rd Farm Coy was up on the Laloki River in New Guinea.

30-Cwt 4x2 GS Chev....fascinating markings

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The series is much more likely to show an incident on 27 November when 5 NZ Bde was attacked at Menastir by forces from the Bardia fortress, and in which the Bde notes one enemy I tank was lost to a 2-pdr.

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IWM E3743E

Bloke on the far left is an RAAF cook who found himself in the middle of some business.

Meanwhile, in the desert events had progressed towards the climax of the battle. Rommel was convinced he was winning. The #newzealand Div was reported as destroyed. @ernestmalley.bsky.social rommelsriposte.com/2013/12/08/p...

Scrounging around for the last reserves, the decision is made to commit the accidental Australians of 2/13 Battalion, left behind in the fortress when their ride, HMS Latona, out was sunk on the inbound journey. @karljames1945.bsky.social @ernestmalley.bsky.social rommelsriposte.com/2021/12/28/g...

Remarkably still in use with Australia at the outbreak of the Second World War! Maybe when complete we’ll do some videos about how it was loaded and equipped by them. Likely the CMF @ernestmalley.bsky.social? The crowdfunding page is still running but making slow progress.

Mistake to cancel it...mistake to cancel Lateline...mistake to cancel Foreign Correspondent....mistake to cancel state based 7:30 Report....I could keep running this line back to Couchman to be honest.

Classic stylings