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AUSTRALIANS AT WAR

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Posted by Tim B. on 04/27/2005 at 08:57 PM

  1. Australian Imperial Camel Corps?

    I guess you can’t ride ‘roos?  :)

    WOT, but is it true there’s a feral camel problem in Australia? Just heard that, the other day. You can’t say we Americans don’t try to keep up with the important news from down under!

    Posted by rinardman on 2005 04 27 at 10:26 PM • permalink

  2. Australian Imperial Camel Corps?

    I guess you can’t ride ‘roos?  :)

     

    Well, you can, but it’s really hard to qualify on the Enfield from the back of a kangaroo…

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 04 27 at 11:00 PM • permalink

  3. Australian Imperial Camel Corps

    They were used for long range patrols and such.  Camels were varely used in battle unless a patrol was ambushed.  The Camel Corps and Light Horse regiments were mounted infantry which means that they rode to the battlefield and dismounted to fight on foot.  It’s a bit like today’s concept of mechanised infantry.

    The cav regiment which I served in, 2/14LH (Queensland Mounted Infantry), is a direct descendent of the 14th Light Horse Regiment which was mounted on camels during WW1.

    Posted by murph on 2005 04 27 at 11:08 PM • permalink

  4. That’s true, Murph, but at Magdhaba and Beersheba, they charged like cavalry with bayonets held in the hand.
    Point of info: in WW1, out of an Army of 330,000, Australia suffered 60,000 dead and 150,000 wounded, a higher rate than any other army in that War.  The population of Australia at the time was about 4 and a half million.

    Posted by ozpat on 2005 04 28 at 09:59 AM • permalink

  5. is it true there’s a feral camel problem in Australia?

    I don’t think it’s a problem.  That’s because it’s the only disease free herd in the world and we export them to the Middle East.  Pretty cool, huh?

    Posted by Janice on 2005 04 28 at 07:29 PM • permalink

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