AUSTRALIAN ARMY
PURGE NOW UNDER
WAY
CANBERRA, September 25.
The entire Australian Armyorganisation is being ruthlessly sifted, stated the Army Minister, Mr. F. M. Forde, to the House of Representatives today. A review of Army commands was proceeding, and officers or men found unsuitable were weeded out or transferred to duties more suited to their capacity.
Mr. Forde revealed that changes in. the position of two fairly senior officers had been made during the New Guinea campaign. .. "The chronic disease, of underestimating the enemy ".-was trenchantly attacked by the former Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, today.
"Why every now and then does, it become necessary for us to declare that man for man we are better than the Japanese?" he asked. "So far we have had defeats, and they have been administered by people who have learned more about the art of war than we have.
"Let us admit that, and we will be well on the way to recovery. A straight look at ourselves will not dampen our patriotism. The fire. .within us is no flickering flame, to be put out by the first gust of wind." :■•••■:
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 76, 26 September 1942, Page 7
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189AUSTRALIAN ARMY Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 76, 26 September 1942, Page 7
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