Trivia of General Interest...Maybe.

[Tony Smith]

And some Australian oddities:

Wire cutters: H V McKay and Co, Sunshine, Vic

No2 Mk1* .38 Revolvers: Howard Auto Cultivators, Northmead, Sydney, NSW.

1" Signal Flare pistol: Colonial Sugar Refineries (CSR), Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.

Owen SMG: Lysaghts, Port Kembla NSW

Daylight Signalling Lamps: Lawrence and Hanson, Sydney, NSW

All of these companies are still in business in their original form, but may have been absorbed into larger conglomerates. Looking at them today, you wouldn't know of their wartime contributions.