They needed around 20,000 men at once and 16,500 in the next three months to rebuild the Australian divisions to full strength.

He returned home after being transferred to the Australian division of the firm's operations.

The Australian division suffered 5,285 casualties after three days of fighting.

Hinton was the first Australian to score points in the premier 500cc division.

From 1950 to 1952 he commanded the Australian 2nd Division after being promoted to major general.

It would be many months before the Australian 5th Division was serviceable again.

This represented one of the largest engineer contingents within an Australian division during the war.

During the latter stages of the war, he commanded the 4th Australian Division.

The 2nd Australian Division moved up to the front line during the night, amidst rain which began around midnight.

To the north, Australian 9th Division continued its attacks.