LEAVE FOR NEW GUINEA TROOPS
CANBERRA, January 21
Units which have been serving in New Guinea will be withdrawn to the mainland and given leave wherever possible. This was anuounoed to-day by the Minister'for the Army, Mr F. M. Forde. The Minister said, however, that the speed at which the scheme could function would depend entirely on the strategic situation. A schedule had been drawn up providing for the regular replacement of troops in New Guinea and the Northern Territory. This had worked satisfactorily so far as the Northern Territory was concerned, but military operations had upset its functioning in Now Guinea.
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Evening Star, Issue 24409, 22 January 1943, Page 3
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102LEAVE FOR NEW GUINEA TROOPS Evening Star, Issue 24409, 22 January 1943, Page 3
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