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@Mr_Husky1 Weights for a cuckoo clock.

Nope, not ornaments. My friend is going through the house where her grandma and aunt lived their whole lives and finding weird stuff. Apparently these are solid and very heavy; too heavy to hang on a tree. What are they

@MilitaryCooI WWII?

Sergeant Major Rudy Wieners. A Marine who never stopped fighting. He enlisted in 1942 and wore the uniform through WWI, Korea, and Vietnam.

@robert_lyman Thank you for your ongoing support and advice. Book launch next Sunday at the Shrine with numbers over 70 and quite a few descendants involved in the Last Post ceremony.

Look what has arrived in the post from Oz!

@VeteransFdn @authordlewis Human

85 years ago, in the skies over Britain, young pilots stood against overwhelming odds. Their courage and sacrifice ensured our freedom and inspired Winston Churchill’s words: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." As we approach Battle of Britain Day, we honour their bravery. ❤️🇬🇧

@nma It is a cigarette case.

It’s Friday and you know what that means! 😏 It's time to guess this week’s #Mystery Object 🥳 Objects like this were once seen everywhere, but they've become less common in recent decades. If you think you know what it is, drop a guess in the comments below!

@sallyacb275 @CWGC Murdered not executed.

Sister Alma May Beard Australian Army Nursing Service AIF 13 Gen Hospital Age 29 16 February 1942 Died alongside 21 other ANS sisters, executed by Japanese troops, Radji Beach. Commemorated @CWGC Singapore Memorial.

@greatwardaily Would the shelling of the German ship Pfalz in Port Phillip Bay in August 1914 also count as being ‘on Australian soil/water?’

#OTD: January 1, 1915 The only war-related incident on Australian soil occurs at the Battle of Broken Hill. Two Afghan camel drivers, who had pledged their allegiance to the Ottoman Empire, ambushed a train of picnic-goers heading to Silverton in New South Wales. Four civilians were killed and another seven were wounded. Following the arrival of the police to the ambush area, a 90-minute gun battle ensued with the two Afghans succumbing to gunfire.

How is the Christmas book pile shaping up, folks, or is there still some mystery to it? Image for some colour (and a decent one to add to your list; the calibre of the contributing authors is off the hook).

@KarlJames_1945 @richard_duckett @AWMemorial @soe @australiapost @BigSkyPub @WeHaveWaysPod @SWWresearch Forgot to say that Big Sky has informed us that In the Fight is flying off the shelves. (No pun intended). Three weeks after the launch they have pushed the re-print button!! Yay!!

A copy of “In the Fight” is on its way to Dr SOE in Burma @richard_duckett in the UK. I’m very pleased to have made a modest new contribution to the field. #WWII #HistBookChat #WeHaveWays

@KarlJames_1945 @richard_duckett @AWMemorial @soe @australiapost @BigSkyPub @WeHaveWaysPod @SWWresearch Thank you Karl for your support and contribution. Great to see Monty Cotton’s book on your shelves! A courageous but humble hero.

@KarlJames_1945 @AWMemorial @Meghan1_Adams @anthea_gunn @robert_lyman @SWWresearch @BigSkyPub How about those Wasbie daughters! Not a dry eye in the room.

@DocDazz @AWMemorial @Meghan1_Adams @anthea_gunn @robert_lyman @SWWresearch @BigSkyPub Thanks for the opportunity Daryl

Wonderful book launch yesterday of “In the Fight: Australians and the War in Burma” @ The Shrine of Remembrance. Many contributors were present, including my @AWMemorial colleagues @Meghan1_Adams @anthea_gunn & Alexandra Torrens, as well as children of veterans. #WeHaveWays

@KarlJames_1945 @AWMemorial @Meghan1_Adams @anthea_gunn @robert_lyman @SWWresearch @BigSkyPub Great work One and All! Wonderful weekend of In the Fight and thanks for bringing all these stories back to life.

@KarlJames_1945 @SOEhistory @MHHVic @AWMemorial @BigSkyPub @SWWresearch Should be a great weekend! Thanks for being part of it.

It’s all about “In the Fight: Australians & the war in Burma” this weekend with @MHHVic’s conference & launch @ The Shrine of Remembrance. I’ll be speaking on 🇦🇺 Special Operations with #SOE. trybooking.com/events/landing… shrine.org.au/fight-book-lau… #weHaveWays #WWII

@KampalaSouth @Rotary @rotaract @rotaryd9213 @NkutuAnne @GKitakule @Eddugawes @Naahwera Quarters

Mark the Date 📌 The independence wine 🍷 festival Season 2.

@whincupm @WW2Talk @militaryhistori @BritishArmyWDs Carcinoma stomach it looks like to me.

I don't suppose there are any #handwriting experts out there who can help me decipher this? It's a case of death. #History #Archives

@KarlJames_1945 @AWMemorial @SWWresearch @nlagovau Action AL = National!

@KarlJames_1945 @AWMemorial @SWWresearch @nlagovau Would that be the action Al Archives and your topic is Commandos and SOE in Burma?

I made the opportunity to get out of the office this week for some research & writing on my current #WWII project. Can you guess the topic & name the location? 🪶 📚 ☕️

@surprisepodcast Glad you enjoyed the event.

Outstanding intellectual firepower in this morning's panel discussion - "Who won the Cold War." Great insights about what winning is, the missed opportunity in the humiliation of Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the battle of thoughts, and the fact that Western Democracies did not win the Cold War, the Soviet Union lost it. Immense insights. Thank you, Clare Birgin, David Horner, @DloweDavid, David Edwards, @RhysCrawley, Craig Stockings, @DefenceProf. Raised more questions than it answered and that is a really good thing. Great lessons from yesterday for today and tomorrow. Well done @MHHVic for organising the event. #intellectualedge #pme #jpme #strategy #history #milhistory

@AirPowerHistory Great to hear your presentation! Thanks and hope to see you at our next event. Stay tuned to the MHHV website for updates.

End of a couple great days conferencing. It was great to catch up with friends and colleagues and talk shop.