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Six Nifty .50s (like that name)
Although I must bare the responsibility for setting the tone for this thread, I would like to ask that its continuation be conducted in an objective manner.
Terry's example is clear enough, these numbers do show a full commital and disproof my argument.
It might also be an error of judgement. How did a Canadian, South African or Australian perceive himself when looking at the Britain, how did Brittons look upon these commonwealth men (and women)?
The distinction was blurred in the Dutch empire, judging by what I've read the Indo-Europeans regarded themselves as loyal dutch citizens, and I believe that by 1940 they were viewed in the same light by the native dutch. Certainly their mixed race didn't seem to bar them from high rank within the service.
At least the ML had a mixed race compliment, including Chinese and native Javanese. BTW this seemed to have caused some problems in Australia because of the local color bar.
So how British was an Australian?
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