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Old 21-08-14, 12:39
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Sorry to ask more on this subject but did Australian army vehicles such as a Dodge Weapons Carrier in July 1945 have a white star on the hood and was it with or without a circle round it?
not to my knowledge or to put it another way I have seen no photographic evidence of it.

now if you asked about Kangaroos.....
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Old 21-08-14, 13:31
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Cliff, do you have photographic evidence of late war kangaroos (the marsupial type) with stars painted on them?
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Old 21-08-14, 16:41
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I agree with Cliff's first line.

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Old 21-08-14, 23:26
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Cliff, do you have photographic evidence of late war kangaroos (the marsupial type) with stars painted on them?
No, but I have seen them with halos....Honest I did but only after I emptied the 40oz bottle of Captain Morgan rum LOL
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Old 22-08-14, 01:00
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Thanks folks; I was thinking that the Allied Star marking was used everywhere, but I see now that Australia used no aerial recognition symbol in the Pacific.
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