Lark Force 1942: A Bolt Action Project
Archive Research
The Australian Archives are an amazing source of information. ALL Battalion and unit war diaries that survive are available for free as pdf files encompassing every unit that fought in both WW1 and WW2 as well as Korea and Vietnam and back as far as the Boer War! The Documents relating to 2/22nd Battalion that made up the main Infantry component of ‘Lark Force’ also contains page after page of documents regarding enquiries into the actions at Rabaul with eyewitness testimony. From this I spotted a typed statement from a Sergeant of A.Company who was able to name the Officers and Enlisted men of 3 sections of his platoon. By an amazing stroke of luck it happened to feature the only Hanning in the battalion, my own lost relative (on my Mum’s side.. they’re all Aussies)! Not only that but the structure demonstrated how the Bolt Action force building rules would work perfectly to recreate this platoon Man for Man on the tabletop! . .
and so it began
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