OLD KIT BAG TO GO
INFANTRY EQUIPMENT. NEW STYLE OF HAVERSACK. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.} Received 1.25 p.m. to-day. LONDON, Nov. 22. The Army authorities have decided to replace the olcl kit hag with, a pa-ck, of which the lower half is detachable and can be left behind when going into battle. The idea is that the new infaTvfcrrtm art must run like <iu <a.ThleTe across bullet-swept zones from cover to cover. The wooer half of the new haversack will include minimum necessities. such as the mess tin, iron ration and cardigan.
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Hawera Star, Volume LII, 23 November 1932, Page 9
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95OLD KIT BAG TO GO Hawera Star, Volume LII, 23 November 1932, Page 9
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