THE ORIGIN OF TANKS.
PRAISE OF AUSTRALIAN INVENTOR. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Nov. 5, 10.30 p.m. London, Nov. 3. The Tank Commission has announced that the greatest credit is due to Demole, 'whose Suggestions would I'f've been of extraordinary value, but were pigeon-holed in 1912, as the War Office was not seeking such an invention. Therefore the Commission could not make an award. T{ie Crown counsel admitted that Demole's plans would have made a better tank than that eventually used. —Aus.NZ. Cable Assn. [Demole was a corporal in the Australian Army. He invented a tank before the war and submitted it to the War Office, but no action was Taken. Germany wanted the invention, but though Demole received no support from the War Office he refused to give his secret to Germany.]
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 November 1919, Page 5
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132THE ORIGIN OF TANKS. Taranaki Daily News, 6 November 1919, Page 5
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