Timeline Wednesday 2 November 1932

Events on Wednesday 2 November 1932 2

• 1932 Great Emu War Australian soldiers with machine guns sent against emus Soldiers armed with Lewis guns were sent to Western Australia's wheatbelt to cull emus that were destroying crops. The operation killed relatively few birds and was widely mocked, and it was withdrawn in December.
• 1932 The Emu War begins Australian soldiers deployed against emus in Western Australia The Australian military deployed soldiers with Lewis guns to the Campion district of Western Australia to cull emus damaging wheat crops. The birds proved remarkably resilient, scattering into small groups and outrunning the gunners. The operation was withdrawn in December having killed a fraction of the target, and is remembered as one of the more absurd episodes in Australian military history.