daftandbarmy
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Slight hijack..
My dad enlisted in the artillery in Victoria in 1941 and was first assigned to the coast batteries around town before being posted to the 3rd Div Arty. He was at Albert Head on the 9.2in guns and during one inspection, when the battery was supposed to be 'ready for action', the inspecting officer approached him and told him to hand over the lanyard to the gun, which he did. The officer, without warning, pulled the lanyard. Nothing happened. The battery commander was immediately sacked and the lesson 'we are at war and must be ready' was learned the hard way.
At subsequent inspections the inspecting officer did the same, without warning, and happily launched a 9.2 inch shell into the salt chuck.
My dad enlisted in the artillery in Victoria in 1941 and was first assigned to the coast batteries around town before being posted to the 3rd Div Arty. He was at Albert Head on the 9.2in guns and during one inspection, when the battery was supposed to be 'ready for action', the inspecting officer approached him and told him to hand over the lanyard to the gun, which he did. The officer, without warning, pulled the lanyard. Nothing happened. The battery commander was immediately sacked and the lesson 'we are at war and must be ready' was learned the hard way.
At subsequent inspections the inspecting officer did the same, without warning, and happily launched a 9.2 inch shell into the salt chuck.