Three soldiers man an observation post west of Townsville, in Exercise Tasman Reserve, an annual exchange of part-time soldiers with Australia, From left are Private Barry Anderson, from Mosgiel, and Corporal Ned Kupenga and Lance-Corporal Dean Gillatt, both from Dunedin. The New Zealand contingent of 120, represented this year by the Fourth Batallion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, will return to Dunedin today after the two-week exercise. Tasman Reserve was designed to give the headquarters and units involved practice in mobilisation procedures and to familiarise the soldiers with each other’s tactics and weapon skills.
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94Three soldiers man an observation post west of Townsville, in Exercise Tasman Reserve, an annual exchange of part-time soldiers with Australia, From left are Private Barry Anderson, from Mosgiel, and Corporal Ned Kupenga and Lance-Corporal Dean Gillatt, both from Dunedin. The New Zealand contingent of 120, represented this year by the Fourth Batallion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, will return to Dunedin today after the two-week exercise. Tasman Reserve was designed to give the headquarters and units involved practice in mobilisation procedures and to familiarise the soldiers with each other’s tactics and weapon skills. Press, 24 February 1982, Page 5
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