A.I.F. UNIT TO MARCH THROUGH SYDNEY
(Received 28, 1.15 pm.) SYDNEY, Dec. 28. It Is officially announced that the Sixteenth Brigade of the Second A.LF. will march through the streets of Sydney on January 4. The brigade numbers 6500 men. "The “blood type” of every membei of the Second A.I.F. will be recorded in his paybook and will also be inscribed on the back of his identity disc so that men who are severely wounded may be given blood transfusions without loss of life. It is believed that the A.I.F. will b« the first of the Allied armies to have the blood type of every man classified In advance.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 307, 29 December 1939, Page 8
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109A.I.F. UNIT TO MARCH THROUGH SYDNEY Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 307, 29 December 1939, Page 8
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