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whilst thinking about jungle warfare and Australian's experience of it.
This is of a digger in the New Guinea campaign WW2.
The Owen gun was an Australian designed and manufactured light machine gun perfect for the dreadful conditions in that country.
I am, by the way, a big fan of the war art of Ivor Hele (see the Australian War Memorial collection).
If you are interested in this period dont miss reading "Green Armour" by Osmar White (he was there!).
Also great literature is "The last blue sea" by David Forrest.
The Owen gun was an Australian designed and manufactured light machine gun perfect for the dreadful conditions in that country.
I am, by the way, a big fan of the war art of Ivor Hele (see the Australian War Memorial collection).
If you are interested in this period dont miss reading "Green Armour" by Osmar White (he was there!).
Also great literature is "The last blue sea" by David Forrest.
