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Like the rest of the 6th Division, Burrows was brought back from Greece by the government when Japan joined the war.

Another reporter proves he knows neither history nor how to use Google. Greece and Crete fell months before Japan attacked England and the Commonwealth, the US, and the Dutch.

So there were no Australian troops left in Greece to bring home by the time the Pacific war fired up. In fact, the war in Greece had been over for a good 6 months. (Greece - April - May 1941, Crete, May, 1941).

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So there were no Australian troops left in Greece to bring home by the time the Pacific war fired up. In fact, the war in Greece had been over for a good 6 months.

Thanks for the clarification -- I wondered about that. I think I read that the Australians who were recalled toward home were mostly in North Africa (probably Egypt) at the time.