It was in 1932. Grrrrrrin grrrrrrin, the phone rang. The Minister of Defence, Sir George Pearce, was the one calling. “Good morning sir,” greeted Major G.P.W. Meredith who received the call. “Morning Major! Listen attentively. Some of our veterans who fought and returned from the World War were settled in the western area of the country and they’ve taken up farming as their retirement vocation. However, they’re being disturbed by some flightless birds known as emus. Get a unit of soldiers and go wipe those emus out!”
“Consider it done sir!” Major G.P.W. Meredith said, before dropping the phone receiver.
I wasn’t there but the conversation must have gone roughly like that. Anyways, the major took his soldiers and off they went.
The first battle took place on November 2, 1932. The soldiers spotted about 50 emus near Campion and set up their machine guns. Kikikikikikikikiki, ratatatatatat, they started firing. The emus actually waited for them to start firing before scattering in all directions. The birds were surprisingly fast and agile, and only a few were hit. There were about 20,000 emus in the area then and they just killed less than 50.
Two days into the mission, the soldiers tried a new plan. They waited to ambush a huge flock of the birds, holding their fire until the birds were very close. "At least, we should kill nothing less than a thousand this time around," they thought. When the birds were close enough, they opened fire. Unfortunately for them and fortunately for the emus, one of the two machine guns jammed, and they only managed to kill a few birds. Next, they tried shooting from a moving truck. You know, the type we watch in movies? Well, that didn't work either.
Over the next few weeks, the soldiers continued their battle against the emus. They chased the birds, fired their guns, and tried different tactics, but the emus seemed unstoppable. They broke into small groups, making them hard to target. They were tough, resilient, and seemed to know just how to dodge the bullets. In fact, according to records, Major G.P.W. Meredith was impressed by the emus’ ability to survive bullet wounds: “They can face machine guns with the invulnerability of tanks,” he said.
Major Meredith and his men were frustrated. They had expected an easy victory but found themselves in a strange and difficult war. After almost a month of trying, they had only managed to kill less than 1000. Realizing they were fighting a losing battle, the soldiers finally retreated. The war, which was later known as “Emu War,” was over. The soldiers returned to their barracks. They refuse to go out and embarrass themselves again.
The government later introduced a bounty scheme. Farmers or hunters who could kill emus were rewarded. This worked only a little too. The farmers later resorted into making good fences that kept the emus out. That, ladies and gentlemen was The Great Emu War of 1932 in Australia
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