AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS
MARCH OF 130 MILES 4000 MEN INVOLVED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) SYDNEY, Aug. 12 As part of its training, the Seventh Division of the Australian Imperial Force, which has been in camp at Engleburn, near Liverpool, and is transferring to camp, at Bathurst this morning commenced to march to its new quarters, a distance of 130 miles over the Blue Mountains. The march will be taken in easy stages and will occupy 12 days. Four thousand men are involved. They will move in groups of 1000, with one day’s travel between each group.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21190, 13 August 1940, Page 5
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96AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21190, 13 August 1940, Page 5
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