MALAYA PROTECTION
FORCES OF EMPIRE EXTENSIVE TRAINING (Reed. Feb. 24, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 22. Major-General D. M. Murray Lyon, the commander of the northern area in Malaya., said that all reinforcements were most welcome. He added that the Empire forcerunder his command were co-operating similarly to the Gallipoli campaign in the last Great War. He said that the men were exercising in long day and night patrols. • They were also learning to handle boats -on numerous inland waterways criss-crosing the defence system.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20488, 24 February 1941, Page 5
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