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Old 01-06-18, 09:25 PM
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thanks keith
WA manufactured 4 Aust Div artillery(576)? why not 9th div (582) or can it be interchangeable?
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Could possibly be both bc, 4 Aust Div was stationed in WA 1942-43 and some of its arty units were still extant there in late 1943.

12 Fd Trg Bty at Northam also supplied reinforcements for 2/7 Aust Fd Regt in Middle East, these would almost certainly have been issued the first pattern 9 Aust Div arty colour patch prior to their departure. Not certain when reinforcements to AIF in ME ceased being despatched but certainly not after November 1942, and I think probably well before.

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