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26-03-09, 09:39 PM
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Australian Troops, UK,May 1953 Getting ready for the Coronation.
For our Australian friends, some photographs of army, navy and air force personnels training for the coronation of QE 11, in May 1953,in a camp "somewhere in England".
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30-03-09, 09:55 PM
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Thanks for the comments. One question. Were these the first issue of BD for the Australian Army?
Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
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30-03-09, 10:49 PM
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Battledress was authorised around 1949-50, but took a while to be issued. The first Australian troops into Korea were still wearing WW2 service dress but with postwar shoulder titles. Later contingents had BD. Also, a local version of British BD was made and issued in Australia to certain AIF troops in WW2 -- mainly commandos, I think. It was very uncommon, though.
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31-03-09, 01:41 AM
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Thanks again,lettman.
Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
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