Australia's High Commission in London displays Rat of Tobruk memorabilia

Andy in West Oz · 04-09-2007, 02:30 AM

spidge · 04-09-2007, 03:09 AM

Great story.

Good to see the memorabilia did not end up on the rubbish tip like much did over the years.

morse1001 · 04-09-2007, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy in West Oz

Pity I cant get time off to go down and see the exibtion

04-09-2007, 02:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
Andy in West Oz Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: House of Bedfords, Perth, Western Australia Posts: 772	Australia's High Commission in London displays Rat of Tobruk memorabilia 'Rat of Tobruk' memorabilia on display \| NEWS.com.au __________________ Cheers Andy Apres moi le deluge But there are deeds that should not pass away....And names that must not wither - Byron HMAS Sydney II - lost with all hands and waiting to be found

04-09-2007, 03:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,942	Great story. Good to see the memorabilia did not end up on the rubbish tip like much did over the years. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

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