AUSTRALIAN TROOPS
WILL FIGHT AS UNIFIED CORPS FEDERAL CABINET DECISION. BASED ON GENERAL’BLAMEY’S ADVICE. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) CANBERRA, November 26. In all future engagements in the Middle East the Australian troops will fight as a unified corps instead of being cut into units operating on different sectors. The Minister for the Army, Mr Forde, stated that the Federal Cabinet had agreed to this course, which was recommended by the General Officer Commanding the Australian Imperial Force, General Sir Thomas Blarney. General Blarney visited Canberra today for final consultations with the War Cabinet prior to returning to the Middle East.
It was announced today that practically all the Asutralians had been withdrawn from Tobruk and that they will be linked up with the main A.I.F. Reinforcements are reaching the A.I.F. cn all fronts at a rate enabling it to maintain its fighting strength at the fullest efficiency.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 November 1941, Page 5
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