Australia and New Zealand

[Bory]

This is a type we Tried on the AAFC Website. I start by asking a question, and the first person to get it correct, asks the next question, and so on.
With this one, it can only be questions about Australian or New Zealand, or anything that relates back to either question.

First Question, For 5 Milbucks
Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, Australia's only Field Marshal, held a very senior and powerful position in the Victorian Public Service, what was it?

 

[LIPS]

Chief Commissioner of Police in Victoria (Sept 1925-July 1936)

 

[Bory]

Correct, 5 Milbucks heading your way now. Your question next LIPS

 

[LIPS]

Bory, I will give you back the 5 milbucks as I cant think of any questions to ask at this point. So if anybody else would like to ask away "fill your boots".

 

[Bory]

Okay, seeing nobody else has posted in a bit,

What is the Date of the Battle of Lone Pine?

 

[LIPS]

6 till 9 AUG 1915

 

[bush musketeer]

6th to 9th august 1915

 

[AussieNick]

Ok this thread seems to have died.
But it is hard to come up with a suitable question....

How about
"what is the mascot of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment?"

 

[xander]

trooper Courage

 

[Rich]

Ok this thread seems to have died.
But it is hard to come up with a suitable question....

How about
"what is the mascot of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment?"

yep, i thought it was "trooper courage"
a wedged-tail eagle I think

 

[tomtom22]

Name the Australian and NZ units that were attached to and supported the US Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade in VietNam.

 

[LIPS]

1RAR;

161 Recon Flight (RAAF);

161 Field Battery RNZA;

105 Field Battery RAA; and

1 Field Squadron RAE.

I think thats all.

 

[tomtom22]

You are right!

For more info on the involvement of New Zealand in the VietNam War see the following:

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/se-asia/vietnam.html

Also see the following for info on the 1st RAR:

http://www.173rdairborne.net/1strar.htm

 

[Bory]

Alright, Which RNZN Ship, participate at the Battle of the River Plate
(Sinking of the Graf Spe)

 

[Max Power]

Alright, Which RNZN Ship, participate at the Battle of the River Plate
(Sinking of the Graf Spe)

HMNZS Achilles, a Leander Class Cruiser.

How many living Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross are there?

and

Who are they?

 

[Bory]

Two, Kieth Payne VC (1969)

and Edward Kenna VC (1945)

 

[Max Power]

Correct.

Next questions:

What was the Australian Military's worse peacetime training accident?

and,

What was the Australian Army's worse training accident?

 

[LIPS]

I would say the answer to both would have to be the Black Hawk accident in 1996 when 18 SASR soldiers were killed.

 

[Max Power]

I would say the answer to both would have to be the Black Hawk accident in 1996 when 18 SASR soldiers were killed.

No.

The Blackhawk accident ranks about third in the list of training accidents.

I will provide the answers on friday.

Just to make everyone think harder:

Who were the only two Australians to have the same citations for their Victoria Crosses?

 

[LIPS]

What was the Australian Army's worse training accident?

Kapooka, May 1945, 26 sappers were killed.