Tomorrow in Australia

[dman69]

Yep agreed henry but thinking back to the day when Aus only had 5 million inhabitants the war touched just about all the families and right from the outset it was a volunteer army as when conscription was tried it was roundly defeated.
The troops at the front (read it from one of my books) voted "No" to a man as they did not want to see their countrymen come into a place they called hell it was not quite the "Great Adventure" as advertised on the poster as it could not portray what it was really like.
I am about 2/3rds the way through "Jacka's Mob" By Rule (Albert Jacka V.C) the descriptions of how they endured the mud, sleet, snow and frightful conditions is just appalling to the physc thinking of the primeval troglodyte life they lived just one explosion, bullet or bayonet away from oblivion. (Will give a review when I finish it)

I always think the no vote from those guys was one of the most mature responses I have ever heard of. Sure, if you want to come and fight a truly hard fight, come and be welcome. A totally different thing to force someone to do so, particularly from halfway around the world.. I know I'm looking at something with a lens 100 years away from what happened, but I think we got it right back then..

[RCS]

That was a long trip to France, note the P1903 bayonets Attachment 88512