[stuartj]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

"Neither the Light Horse of 1918 or most of the characters being portrayed in the The Pacific circa 1943 were professional soldiers."

That's the point I was trying to make. There is a big difference between "conscripts" and "professional" soldiers. I was trying to be subtle.

"More than Wikipedia you say? We'll just have to wait for the Peter Fitzsimmons book. It happened in 1918, when can we talk about it?"

I don't mind talking about the incident. It was never a secret. We were taught about our military history in the Army.

Lots more info here... Australian Light Horse Studies Centre

"I didnt tell you about ANZAC Day, I simply mentioned it happened to be yesterday."

I was being a smart ass.

Thats a relief. I thought for a minute you were saying that youve been in the army, so you have special knowledge and your opinion is sacrosanct. There are a couple of people here that pull that **** quite regularly.

Im sure you know there were no conscripts in the Australian Light Horse in 1918 or AUS forces in the Pacific in WW2. The USA operated conscription in WW2.