World War 2 1. 93. Diary Starts Wed. Jan. 1. 94. 1. With 1. Australia Infantry Brigade in posistion outside Bardia Libya waiting for orders to attack. Have been in position since about 2. Dec. Spent Xmas lying in the desert, weather conditions mostly one dust storm after another and nights very cold. YKCS1xjFY/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Parachute The Way It Was Rar' title='Parachute The Way It Was Rar' />Got a Lord Mayors Xmas hamper on Boxing Day, which brighten our lines considerably. Rations have been poor and scarce of late, water also scarce. Fri. 3rd Jan. Attack on Bardia began at dawn this morning. Brigade 1st, 2nd and 3rd Bns assisted by 1. Bde. Sth, 6th and 7th Bns. Bn. formed a spear head for 1. Bde. D. Coy achieved its objective without opposition, due to intense artillery barrage having silenced posts. Thousands of prisoners were taken. Whole attack successful in initial penetration of wire. Supporting artillery was two thirds Australian. Whole show is practically 1. Australian. Sat 4th Jan. Battle continues. Italians are showing little opposition. Our casualties are slight. German artillery being the cause of most casualties. We have not had much rest since yesterday morning and have to carry a tremendous load of battle gear. Sun. 5th Jan. Battle still on this morning. We are covering ground fast and advancing all the time. Prisoners coming on in thousands. Some amazing sights have been witnessed since we started. At noon today Bardia itself fell to our troops and so the battle ends. Parachute The Way It Was Rar' title='Parachute The Way It Was Rar' />
We retired to our original point of entry and were told that we are to rest for a couple of days. We badly need it, as we are just about done in after three days fast advancing under heavy loads and trying conditions. Mon 6th Jan. Resting, an Aircraft came over our position last night and bombed us, but without success. Boys got onto some cognac last night and had merry party. Fair amount of looted rations about and so have had some big eat ups after a fairly lean period. Tue. 7th Jan. Still resting, have had a good clean up and a bath in what water is available, also feel a bit more human than for a long time. Matt Thynne and Cpl. IQQT7UFz3O4/WNpfnxmOReI/AAAAAAAAi1g/M3FqBQ0I45gFt3fgkCTjXJRwxj31xF9SgCLcB/s640/1.jpg' alt='Parachute The Way It Was Rar' title='Parachute The Way It Was Rar' />Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. The 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 5 RAR is a regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Originally established in 1965 it would serve two tours. IPJAS. Aircraft for sale, including light sports aircraft, group A aircraft, microlights, ultralights, helicopters and autogyros for sale or wanted. United States 1st 29th Infantry Division, 5th Ranger Battalion, 82nd 101st Parachute Infantry Regiment. British Infantry Airborne Division, British Commandos. Editorial Welcome to this bumper edition of the eCheetah, this is my last as editor. My 5year term is up and in the best interests of. OBrien and Eddie Mortell have left the Section. Tom Barton is now section leader, I am 2 i. Joe Rolleston is Bren Gunner. Descargar Biblia Vida Plena Gratis Pdf Editor here. Wed 8th Jan. Still in same position. GOc1MhHYTMc/WiG39GeqarI/AAAAAAAA3dQ/nv1SgFqvhesOpLdh8xmsYdjo0Q7owXSWACK4BGAYYCw/s1600/Folder.jpg' alt='Parachute The Way It Was Rar' title='Parachute The Way It Was Rar' />May move at any moment to Tobruk. Thur. 9th Jan. Left position last night per M. T. Had one prisoner in our truck. Travelled all night and arrived in new position outside Tobruk at about 1. Had a meal and started to dig in immediately. Fri. 1. 0th Jan. Left position again last night and marched about four miles toward enemy. Finally halted about midnight and dug in. Very cold and digging hard. Eric Leitch and I are in the one trench. Sat 1. 1th Jan. Only had an hour or two to sleep this morning and spent the day completing weapons pits. Weather is gloriously warm during the day but bitterly cold at night. Download Game Ps1 Barbie Explorer'>Download Game Ps1 Barbie Explorer. Rations are a bit better now. We are to make a patrol to the enemy wire tonight. Sun 1. 2th Jan. Patrol last night was not very pleasant. Difficult night to march by compass, hence much delay. Finally reached the wire and Lt. Rogers, Tom Barton and Sandy Pearson went forward to scout the enemy post. In doing so they contacted a booby trap, exploding and wounding Pearson in the leg. Lt. Rogers got a small bit of shrapnel in the back. We had to retire and carry Sandy home on make shift stretcher. Arrived back at daylight tired and weary. Rested for day. Mon. Jan. Moved forward again last night to within short distance of enemy wire and dug in. Digging very hard, barely able to get down a foot. Have been told there is to be no movement by day, as we are within enemy observation and can expect Artillery activity from them. Wed. 1. 5th Jan. This position is at least giving us a rest, which we badly needed. The rations are not so bad and we are appreciating a better spin than before Bardia. Ration parties have to go back every evening about two miles and bring up rations and mail. Fri. 1. 7th Ian. This life isnt so bad, despite duststorms and rats. Our new fad is to soak army biscuit in water and add tin milk and sugar. It makes a delicious porridge, so we think any how. Tue. 2. 1st Jan. Have been in this position for about a week now and have had a grand rest as we have to lie low all day. Have had some bad duststorms now for several days. We get shelled at regular intervals by enemy artillery but so far no direct hits have been scored. Quite a lot of their shells are duds. They have been using a six inch Navel gun quite a lot. Patrols have been going out at night, but have not encounted the enemy outside the wire. Raven Card Game Rules. We are due to go out tonight. Have had some mail here and also parcels which have been like manna from heaven. Were 2. 2nd Jan. Patrol last night was only a listening patrol and was without incident. Theres talk of an attack any time now. Thur. 2. 3 rd Jan. Moved into position last night and attacked defences of Tobruk at dawn this morning. Went in after heavy barrage from own artillery and met enemy barrage and machine gun fire, but broke through wire without severe casualties. Bn. led the attack. Bn. followed and turned right inside the wire and advanced behind tanks for four or five miles, under artillery fire. Wire relieved at post 7. Bn. We then retired until sunset and halted until 1. Halted at about 2 in the morning, dug in and slept for an hour or so, with no blankets. Water in water bottles was frozen at dawn. Moved again across desert and through deserted posts, halted for several hours during midday at Italian R. A. P. Duststorms sprang up, moved in afternoon to Fort Pilastrino which surrendered. Pilastrino was in a state of surrendering when we arrived, so we moved through and camped for the night. Scrounged plenty of blankets and so had first comfortable night during battle. Today was a particually trying day, the Battalion having covered 4. Extract from a letter by G W Whiteman to home. Jan 7th 1. 94. 1. To all athome. NX1. Pte G W. WhitemanDCompany 21. Bn. A. I. F Abroad. Just a few lines from Bardia to let you know that I am ok and well. Came through the battle in good order and am in good fettle. We were the spear head of the attack and our company was the forward company of the battalion and our Platoon the forward platoon of the company and so our section was actually the first unit of the AIF to penetrate the enemy wire, which we did in the biting cold of a desert dawn, under cover of a terrific barrage from our artillery behind,which did a marvelous job right through together with the British armoured division once it got into action. After taking our initial objective our company was more or less in reserve and we had little else to do but support here and there. There was not much battle about it once we got through the first defences and the Italians just threw it in in thousands. I dont know just how many prisoners were. I guess you know more about that part of it than I do.