Here is a well and truely buggerd one for the Champ fans, not much in the way of spares left in the front end

This has got to be embarrassing.

Queensland 1944

The local dairy herd in action! (Actually the team from local timbergetters)

How do you list that in the daily report
 

Delayed crossing stream by slow moving ox team ahead. Or how many miles to the ox.

Cheers Phil

It is a Big Mac(k) recovery unit rescuing a bogged C15A

Bic Mac
 

Maccers on the hoof, eh? :yappy:

Re: Bic Mac
 

Keith...
Do you upside down folk still speak English down there...???
When I read some of your posts,I can understand 90% of the postings,but every once in a while , I'm sure you are speaking in tounges...
Translation please..

Maccers on the hoof, eh?
What the %$(#*^#) is a Maccer..??

(It's gotta have something to do with cricket.,...)
Kwxapzn throdahswqz...!!
:drunk: :remember :support

Alex,

I am afraid that you can not be brought into the secret society. Only Americans and Australians (maybe more erudite Canadians also) know what a Big Mac is from birth.

Maccas (or Maccers) is the Australian diminutive of Mac (though how it can be a diminutive with more letters has me beat)

Lang

A few more embarrassing situations.

Looks like more than 15cwt on here! Anyhow the D-2 will pull it out.

This is why the Australians stuck with Matildas in New Guinea (better to have a useless machine you know than an even more useless one you don't). Tank trial being conducted at Madang 44.
From the clean upper surface it looks like it ended its demonstration in the first bog hole. Churchills not selected!

What a leap forward in mechanical capability these early Holt (Caterpillar) tractors gave to a fast mechanising army. Egypt 1916

Then again........... (I can't quite put my finger on it but those loaded camels, going about their business in the background, have some sort of moral??)

Matilda Bougainville showing its superiority over the Churchill in jungle operations.

The solution!

Just bring two bulldozers for each tank on strength of an Armoured Regiment and armoured mobility will be maintained.

Even the little fellows found New Guinea hard going. Stuart Buna 1943

Uniform
 

I'm only new to this militaria thing, so can some one please identify the uniform on the bloke RH bottom corner?

Lang, Australia did select the Churchill and ordered 50 but the war ended when about half had been delivered and the remainder of the order was cancelled.

The other tanks trialed were the M24 Chaffee and several versions of the Sheman. :)

Re: Uniform
 

If you look at all the photos of Australian soldiers in New Guinea (and a lot in the Middle East also) you will see the army was only well off enough to issue one shirt for every three soldiers. Obviously these were for work purposes so it would appear the fellow in the bottom RH corner is in full dress uniform.

Perhaps it was a full combat uniform designed for operations against the Japanese who, upon seeing the equipment carried by these Bronzed Anzacs coming towards them would make them feel so inadequate they would die of shame.

Re: Uniform
 

I think it was a secret Special Forces unit that went to great lengths to remove any badges of rank or other identifying items.
Here we see Sgt Alby Dangling of the Amphibious Secret Unit remove the Tac sign from a wet Cab 12 Blitz as it loads onto a landing craft:

Once on the scene, Ptes Little Willie and Big John from the Mortar Platoon, 1st Secret Amphibious Unit quickly set up the Mortar:

Preparation
 

In preparation for close proximity to a hot V8 this driver makes sure he'll keep his cool...


Could be an opportunity for a re-enactment photo next Corowa.


Souce

Re: Preparation
 

I wonder if this guys grand children have seen this one?

Re: Preparation
 

Excellent use for a four gallon "Flimsey"..

Re: Re: Preparation
 

Depending how carefully they cut open that tin, he may not have grandchildren!

Re: Re: Preparation
 

Bollocks. Everyone can see it is a Laye's biscuit tin.

Re: Preparation
 

...... or CC6 for that matter.... :D

Re: Re: Preparation
 

Jif
Can you imagine Skagfeld jammed in that contraption....We'd have to get him awfull drunk to make him fit...!!!


:remember :drunk: :drunk: :cheers: :D :support :remember

Dress trivia
 

Here's a bit of Canadian trivia in the same vein:

The only order pertaining to dress issued by Monty in N. Africa came after a Canadian soldier, completely naked except for a very natty top hat, was driving a truck past the Field Marshall. The driver promptly gave an "eyes right" and then doffed his top hat in salute. Nonplussed, Monty promptly issued the order, "There shall be no more wearing of top hats in the 8th Army!"

Re: Uniform
 

Suit, Birthday, Mk.1 Special, for tropical use. Sorry, no NSN could be found, perhaps it is an earlier model that predates the start of the NSN system.

OOOOOPS !!!
 

Here are some pics loaned to me of an incident that happened on 24/2/61 at the air balloon hill just outside Gloucester UK

RR.