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-"The Australian boots were the best of any issued to the Allied forces."
We've travelled per Joe Gardiner, a humping of our swag / In the country of the Gidgee and Belar. / We've swum the Di'mantina with our raiment in a bag, / And we've travelled per superior motor car, / But when we went to Germany we hadn't any choice, / No matter what our training or pursuits, / For they gave us no selection 'twixt a Ford or Rolls de Royce / So we did it in our good Australian boots.