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By Michael McKernan
This finished heritage of Australia’s usually ignored yet vital role in international warfare II, during which 1000000 carrier contributors from a rustic with a inhabitants of 7 million served, is predicated at the relocating and emotional own tales of squaddies who served at the entrance strains and of renowned politicians at the domestic entrance. Campaigns during which Australian squaddies performed an important function are mentioned, together with these in North Africa, the center East, New Guinea, and the Anzac Corps in Greece. A debatable dialogue of the house entrance in wartime Australia concentrates on political leaders, together with Thomas Blamey, Commander-in-Chief; Robert Menzies, leading Minister from 1939–1941; and John Curtin, leading Minister from 1941–1945.
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It was journalists who wrote about the colours, the rush to enlist, the honour of the nation. Why? Informed journalists knew better than most the danger that Australia faced from a Pacific war; most of them could have written an excellent version of that speech the Defence minister simply could not yet give. Instead the newspapers seemed to want to whip up agitation for an Australian expeditionary force. The Sydney Morning Herald led the way. ‘This Commonwealth’, the editor thundered, ‘was the first of the Dominions to range itself with Britain in war against Germany.
This was in 1938 when Menzies was in London, able to look at the situation for himself. He was there with two other Australian ministers, attempting to negotiate a better trade deal for Australia with the British government. And there was test cricket too: ‘To be in England in the summer when a Test series was on was for [Menzies] veritable heaven and one of his first engagements was a dinner given at Lord’s to the Australian XI’, Allan Martin wrote. Menzies also took the opportunity of visiting Germany for a few days.
It was about 60 per cent of what an officer of equivalent rank would have received in Britain, and much less again than what was on offer in the Indian army. No wonder, then, that Australian officers found prospects in India brighter and many transferred there in the 1920s and 1930s. ’ Long’s point was that these officers became insular and isolated from broader society. They were unused to, perhaps, vigorous debate and the questioning of ideas—a bit, well, slow. And remember, none of this is theoretical.