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Paul Cullen gave an address to the crowd gathered for the ceremony on courage. Partr of this address was on the disaplined courage of the German soldiers marching down a gentle slope in their sections which were in a straight line accross each soldier 3 metres apart with the next section about 10 metres behind. They were marching to the causeway guarded by the australians on the Pinross river at tempe gorge. He said he admired their courage as they marched into the Australian machine guns.
Then Paul said there was individual courage of soldiers, once the German tanks crossed the river and approached the australian positions two tanks were in a small field beside our position. One Aussie soldier rushed out with a tin of petrol jumped on the first tank splashed petrol all over it but then his cigarette lighter failed and he couldn't light the fuel, the tank eventuallly managed to through him off the back and the second tank came and ran over him. Paul Cullen and others rushed out to him and dragged him to safety fearing that his leg was broken. Then everyone managed to out run the advancing german army.
Max
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