COMBINED MANOEUVRES
ARMY, AIRFORCE AND NAVY. MOCK BATTLES AT AUCKLAND. [ Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, Feb. 12. Units of the Navy, Army and Air Force combined for the first time in New Zealand in large scale exercises at week-end manoeuvres which were planned principally to test the fixed defences of the Port of Auckland. A series of situations, possible in a time of crisis, were taken to exist, the defending forces co-operating in meeting them. The guns and lights of the defences were manned continuously from noon on Saturday until noon today. The escort vessel Wellington, represented in turn a friendly, neutral, allied and hostile vessel and as an enemy ship was engaged in a spectacular mock battle with three aircraft of the Auckland territorial squadron and short batteries. Senior officers of the three services witched the manoeuvres.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 37, 14 February 1939, Page 3
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137COMBINED MANOEUVRES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 37, 14 February 1939, Page 3
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