Record number12/017924Date qualifierexactDate rangeBetween 29th January 1936 and 31st December 1938NotesHawkesbury Diploma of Agriculture (HDA) Hawkesbury Agricultural College (HAC) Mission 204 - Tulip Force A small group of Australians from the 8th Australian Division was posted to the Bush Warfare School in Burma in 1941. The men were trained in demolition, ambush and engineering reconnaissance during October and November. The two officers and 43 men became part of 'Tulip Force', a top-secret mission to train Chinese guerrillas to fight the Japanese. The British provided equipment, supplies and the remainder of the men. In February 1942, the men travelled in trucks up the Burma Road towards China for 18 days, covering more than 3000 kilometres. From there they travelled another 800 kilometres by train into China before trekking into the mountainous border region to join the Chinese 5th Battalion commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Chen Ling Sun. They travelled with eight tonnes of equipment and their explosives were packed into small square coolie baskets and carried with them. [Extract from Australian War Memorial website]CreatorAO-1 Hawkesbury Agricultural College (HAC)CampusRichmond (Hawkesbury)FormatCardsAspectLandscapeSeriesAS-401 Student card system [Hawkesbury Agricultural College; Hawkesbury Agricultural College of Advanced Education]GraduateYesCourseHawkesbury Diploma of Agriculture (HDA)TownArmidalePostcode2350StateNSWCountryAustraliaGeospatial data[1] Archive TypeState ArchiveTaxonomyArchives | Student Records | Student Cards
AO-1 Hawkesbury Agricultural College (HAC), GODFREY, David Douglas Hill (Hawkesbury Diploma of Agriculture (HDA)). Western Sydney University, accessed 16/01/2026, https://collections.westernsydney.edu.au/nodes/view/80348
