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Regardless of whether there were (or were not) some bludgers or scundrels... in WW1 they had massively high casualty rates since the British sent in colonials to some of the hardest places. Regardless of how colourful some individuals might be - not many came back. All came back changed. Many (my great-grandfather included) received wounds at Gallipoli that they carried for life.
I served in a more recent conflict, and of all the coalition air forces we had to the highest mission achievement rate of any coalition country... and the oldest aircraft. So many people from other countries made the comments that we achieved results far beyond expectations with so little resources.
My opinion of Australian (and New Zealander) troops will always be the highest.
Well done to all diggers on this ANZAC Day week.
Grant
ex-RAAF
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