Shadows on the Track shovel the West Australian

the West Australian

Perfect For Soldiers

A flat zippered pouch on the front can stow small flat items such as a casualty card

Height: 200mm (without wooden stand)

acrylic stained-glass look panels

Shadows on the Track shovel the West AustralianAt Templeton's Crossing in October 1942, Private Nick Kennedy paused to write in his diary: 'One wonders why all this strife should be these men in the prime of their life cut down like flowers'. As a young nursing orderly serving with the 2 4th Australian Field Ambulance, Kennedy was unenviably well placed to reflect on the futility of war. The Australian Army was woefully unprepared to fight a medical war in Papua and the soldiers paid the price.