Thread: The Australian Army’s first-ever ski unit

Thanks for the interesting lead on the Lebanon engagement. Appreciated.

History, especially military history, in contemporary Australia seems to start and end in the Dardenelles or more recently Afghanistan. The rest which is genuinely significant seems to go largely unread outside military scholarship and the odd enthusiast.

I am presently working in Bulawayo which was a major staging point for the various Mounted Rifle and Bushmen contingents' entry to the Boer War (there is yet no official memorial in Canberra after 112 years - the nurses finally got one about 10 years ago). Few school kids will ever hear of Elands River, Rustenberg or the Onveracht Hills which should be up there with Kokoda, Tobruk, Long Tan etc.

Cheers,

Sites found on the subject.

If someone is interested to locate places, I am ready to help.

Australian Ski Troops - World War 2 Talk

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_Campaign"]Syria–Lebanon Campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

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War Cemeteries in Lebanese Republic

Originally Posted by LWB123

I am presently working in Bulawayo which was a major staging point for the various Mounted Rifle and Bushmen contingents' entry to the Boer War (there is yet no official memorial in Canberra after 112 years - the nurses finally got one about 10 years ago). Few school kids will ever hear of Elands River, Rustenberg or the Onveracht Hills which should be up there with Kokoda, Tobruk, Long Tan etc.

Cheers,

Geelong,Vic., has a Boer War Memorial
Danny

Originally Posted by kaa45

Geelong,Vic., has a Boer War Memorial
Danny

True.

So has Brisbane, and a fine one too, but the point was being made about the National Capital.

There is a committee that has been trying to scrape some cash together to get one finally erected in Anzac Parade.

Cheers,