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The Differences Between the Canadians and the Australians
On the West of front, they have pretty well the same service conditions. There are minor differences in diets that the Indian troops get while they're there. They talk a lot about mateship within. And I think this is partly because they're still dominions. It's basically part of that competition that's endemic in the British army. Is there more active and an unpleasant what I would define as racism? Well, the answer to that in those days is probably, yes,. Some of it's unconscious, some of it's deliberate. The shocking example is the treatment of the Chinese labor force, which is outrageous. But I am aware that we did not treat them very well and treated them
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