Originally Posted by
tartare
One incident described last night as the most shameful in Australia's entire military history.
No-one is revealing detail at the moment because they don't want to compromise prosecutions - but I'm sure it will come out eventually, and when it does, it won't be pretty.
My own personal view... I suspect a forensic psychiatric analysis of some of the ringleaders might find that a few of them actually quite enjoy murder.
The incident described as the “most disgraceful” in Australian military history is completely redacted on page 103 of the report. Along with several other incidents that are totally redacted.
We’ve just been presented a report that details multiple instances of premeditated murder, deliberate cover ups, “blooding” of new recruits, there’s details of Dr Sam Crompvoets interviews of soldiers who recalled rumours of 14 year old boys having their throats cut and women and children being shot. Further in the report it details historical crimes committed by Australian soldiers in the Boer War and WW1 including ransacking entire villages.
Yet that one redacted paragraph, section 2.50 on page 103, is described as the most disgraceful episode in Australian military history by the author of that same report. I shudder to think what occurred in that paragraph. When General Campbell was asked about it in yesterday’s press conference he looked upset and disturbed at the thought of that specific incident.