MARCH OF 130 MILES.
SOLDIERS IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, Aug. 12. As part of its training, the 7th Division of the Australian Imperial Force, which has been in camp at Ingleburn, near Liverpool, and is transferring to camp at Bathurst, this mooning commenced to march to its new quarters, a distance 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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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 191, 13 August 1940, Page 7
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