MEN FROM BURNHAM
MARCH IN CHRISTCHURCH (By Telegraph.—rress Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday Units of the third Echelon from Burnham Camp paraded in the city this morning. Once more there were big crowds lining the streets. Mostly the crowd looked on in silence, but. occasionally there were bursts of
cheering as the column passed through the heart of the city. The units on parade were the Divisional Cavalry Reinforcements. 26th (Canterbury) Battalion, Infantry Reinforcement Battalion. Army Service Corps, Third Echelon Detachment, 6th Field Ambulance and New Zealand Medical Corps Reinforcements. The parade was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Pago, commanding officer of the 26th Battalion, and the speakers were the Minister of Health, the Hon. H. T. Armstrong, and the Mayor, Mr R. M. MacFarlane.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21194, 17 August 1940, Page 8
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