Hi from the real Perth.

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the ace

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Jul 16, 2011
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Evening all. I'm Andrew a marginally-sane Scot born in Fife but living in exile on the wrong side of the Tay.

I'm a keen modelmaker specialising in WW2, especially the fighters, and look forward to some interesting discussions.
 
Thanks everyone, and no, ccheese, I'm a Scot from the original Perth, not a Digger from the colony founded by exiles.
 
Theres alway Perth Ontario home of the Perth Regiment battle honours as follows

Italy 1944-45; Sixteenmonths' wartime service in Italy.

Liri Valley; Hitler Linebattles, May 25 - June 1, 1944.

Gothic Line; August 29-September1, 1944.

Coriano; September 13, 1944.

Lamone Crossing; December 10-11,1944.

Fosso Munio; December 18-20,1944.

Conventello-Comacchio;Infantry-***-tank advance, with the British Columbia Dragoons,January 2-6, 1945.

North-West Europe 1945;Eleven weeks' wartime service in France, Belgium and theNetherlands.

Ijsselmeer; A 25-mileadvance, April 15-18, 1945, from Arnhem to the Zuider Zee, to cutoff enemy forces in the Western Netherlands.

Delfzijl Pocket; Operationsto quell the last organized German resistance in the Netherlands,April 23-May 2, 1945.

SECONDARY BATTLE HONOURS
Melfa Crossing; Beginning ofthe breakout from the Hitler Line, May 25th, 1944.

Ceprano; May 27, 1944.

Montecchio; August 30, 1944.

Point 204; September 1, 1944.
 
Thanks everyone.

It's always nice to learn something new, pbfoot, thanks for the info. Of course, this Perth is home to the Black Watch (I used to work in the Battalion Church).
 

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