I'd say most people here don't know anything about it either.
As the article says:
"At the time, there were many rumours alluding to the Australian Government's suppression of information about the bombings - it was thought that reports of casualties were intentionally diminished to maintain national morale."
Some stuff was kept secret for 60 years.
The film had a ground invasion which never happened.
Probably most things in it never happened either!
Where the jalopy does the water crossing is Ivanhoe Crossing which can be interesting when the water gets up.
