RECRUITS TO DEFEND BENGAL COAST. —From every part of the Empire come stories of eagerness of native inhabitants to help in the war effort. This picture from Bengal shows how a small number of selected recruits from the hundreds that flocked to enlist were tested and inspected before being accepted for the coastal defence of Bengal.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 September 1940, Page 6
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56RECRUITS TO DEFEND BENGAL COAST.—From every part of the Empire come stories of eagerness of native inhabitants to help in the war effort. This picture from Bengal shows how a small number of selected recruits from the hundreds that flocked to enlist were tested and inspected before being accepted for the coastal defence of Bengal. Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 September 1940, Page 6
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