FLAT-FOOTED MAORI SETS MARCHING RECORD.—Sargeant Percy Retimana (left), who marched from Runciman to Paeroa, a distance of 100 miles, in the record time of 37hr 37min. With him are LanceCorporal Trevor King (right), who reached Paeroa 50½min later, and Major M. N. Vellin, the soldiers' commanding officer. The other 13 starters, all soldiers at Papakura Military Camp, did not complete the course. Sergeant Retimana is classed as unfit for service overseas because of flat feet His time is 1hr 23min less than the reported record for a 100-mile march by a British Army unit
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29501, 1 May 1961, Page 12
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94FLAT-FOOTED MAORI SETS MARCHING RECORD.—Sargeant Percy Retimana (left), who marched from Runciman to Paeroa, a distance of 100 miles, in the record time of 37hr 37min. With him are Lance-Corporal Trevor King (right), who reached Paeroa 50½min later, and Major M. N. Vellin, the soldiers' commanding officer. The other 13 starters, all soldiers at Papakura Military Camp, did not complete the course. Sergeant Retimana is classed as unfit for service overseas because of flat feet His time is 1hr 23min less than the reported record for a 100-mile march by a British Army unit Press, Volume C, Issue 29501, 1 May 1961, Page 12
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