REVIEW OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.
THU kIiVG'AT SALISBURY, PLAINS# London, April 17; The. King reviewed: a large force of Australians, and training units on Salisw. bury Plains, in the presence of- many.; Australians. The.marck-past tbe salut-' 'ing base occupied: an honrj and was » ; fine- spectacle. The weather- /was though a bitter-wind-; bleWi When the: King-inspected the various units, he>'!'. received- a great ovation;. the troopscheering enthusiastically. - ' ' After the. march past the King in-t- ' vested ; fourteen: officers 'and. men. -witty- ; decorations they- had-, gained on Gal-fi lipoli and in the Somme-battles.' He"; -; conversed- with several men. .in regard;!j to the .deeds which gained them theiifdistinction. ' Sir Newton Moore, Officer Commands ing-the Australian Troops in the tJnitech Kiiigtloni) presonted tlie Hon. Andrew: and; Mrs. Fisher; the Hon. 0. G. and' Mrs; Wadej the Hon. Mi L. and Mrs*; Moss, the Hon. F. AY. Young, and Sitji John M'Gallj representing tile Gom-^v-.: monwealth and the various Australian!! States, to His Majesty.—Aust-NiZ* Cable Assn. . v
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3057, 19 April 1917, Page 5
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160REVIEW OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS. Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3057, 19 April 1917, Page 5
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