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Originally Posted by spookypt
My pop is 95 and a WW2 Vet. He was in the infantry in Darwin (he was in charge of the trucks that pulled the gun transport) and on the way to PNG's Kakoda when Darwin was bombed. He reminds me often how when Japan bombed us in Darwin he dived under a Chev army truck and when he rolled out the bomb shrapnel that had been dropped on us still had "BHP" stamped on it!
We sold it to Japan pre WW2 and they sent it back to us on the back of some TNT!
(Just as a side note, my pop got called up, loaded and then told to get off the transport ships on the way to PNG 4 times. In the end he never got there. I can't even imagine the anxiety that he must have experienced with wife and 3kids at home. Tuff old bastard!)
Back on topic.....
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That was organized by one of the most useless liberal prime ministers this country has ever had,
PIG IRON BOB MENZIES,
thats how he got his nickname.
Little johnny howards hero.
My dad was in the Air Force in PNG, never spoke about it.
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