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BR746 Australian Company HQ (with John 'Jack' Edmondson) Price: £7.50 Flames of War Miniatures from Battlefront includes one Company Command Rifle team, one Company 2iC Rifle team, two 3“ mortars with crew, two optional captured Italian 81/14 mortars, one Corporal John \'Jack\' Edmondson figure, three Small bases & two Medium bases. John Hurst Edmondson, \'Jack\' to his mates, was born in Wagga Wagga, Australia in 1914. As a young man he worked as a farm worker and was an active member of the 4th Militia Battalion in Liverpool, New South Wales. In May 1940 he joined the 2/17th Battalion and was soon promoted to Corporal. After training, his battalion left for the Middle East on 19 October 1940 as reinforcements for the 9th Australian Division. After another period of training in the desert Edmondson\'s division replaced the 6th Australian Division at Mersa Brega in Libya on 9 March 1941. On 31 March the Germans attacked the Australian and British positions and pushed them back. The 9th Australian Division established new positions around the port of Tobruk. Little did Edmondson know this would be the start of an epic struggle for this important supply point. More ...

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