My good friends at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra have published an article of mine in their latest magazine, Wartime. Its well worth while subscribing if you can. Its carefully edited and full of interesting articles and reviews. The article was prompted by my research for
A most interesting read. My late neighbour was one of those CMF sent to West Papua as part of Merauke force. But he was from Queensland and was climatised. He said once the troops he met from the southern states struggled under the humid and wet conditions but got used to it within a few weeks, though nothing could make up for the lack of training except time in the field
A most interesting read. My late neighbour was one of those CMF sent to West Papua as part of Merauke force. But he was from Queensland and was climatised. He said once the troops he met from the southern states struggled under the humid and wet conditions but got used to it within a few weeks, though nothing could make up for the lack of training except time in the field