anzac smle's question

[goo]

when was the last Lithgow smle manufactured?
i'm guessing 1945. i know they were used in korea.
also. did the the new zealanders use lithgow smles during ww11 or were they issued no.4's?
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thx,
goo

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[Bindi2]

Rifle No F40580 in 1953 according to Skennerton

[Paul S.]

Right there.

Ian says 1953. I'd go with that despite recalling the Lithgow museum staff telling '54.

[Bindi2]

Have heard that there is a 1955 dated one but have not seen it

[S-A-M3]

NZ troops used No1s in the European Theatre, and No4s in the Pacific,and some of the No1s were Lithgows.
Stuart.

[goo]

thanks for the inputs, especially the kiwis and the australians.
2nd question, which army had better shooters, the kiwis or the australians?

(just kiddin')

i spent my r&r from viet nam in Australia in 1970 and went to new zealand in 1998.
you fellas both have beautiful countries!

goo
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[Edward Horton]

And you were so ugly you couldn’t even find a Aussie or Kiwi girl to marry you when you when you were there.

If you only hadn’t inspected that F14 tail pipe when it was in afterburner.

[goo]

horton growing up,

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[sprog]

horton growing up,

He did??????

[goo]

and today, (nyuck, nyuck)


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