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Darkest Hour: The True Story of Lark Force at Rabaul - Australia's Worst Military Disaster of World War II
Darkest Hour The True Story of Lark Force at Rabaul Australia's Worst Military Disaster of World War II Author:Bruce Gamble January 23, 1942, New Britain. It was 2:30 a.m., the darkest hour of the day and, for the defenders of this Southwest Pacific island, soon to be the wars darkest hour. Fifteen hundred men and six nurses, Lark Force, had been deployed to New Britain to fortify and defend Rabaul, capital of Australias mandated territories. Once theyd completed the... more »ir work on the strategic port and its two airfields, the groupmostly volunteers from Victoriasettled into the routine of garrison duties, confident of being relieved within a year.« less