TROOP MOVEMENTS.
CHANGES IN SEPTEMBER
(British Official Wireless.) Received August 28, 8.5 a.m. RUGBY, Aug. 27
The trooping season opens on September 7. when the new troopship Dunera will leave Southampton for Hong Kong with naval crews and Royal Air Force drafts for the Far East stations, and with military drafts for Hong Kong. Other sailings during the month will include the Somersetshire on September 11 with tho Third Brigade Royal Horse Artillery for Egypt: tho Lancashire on the 14th with military drafts for India, and the Nevasa on tho 21st with the Second Battalion Black Watch for Palestine. The Nevasa will also carry the families of the First Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment to Egypt, where they will join the battalion on its move from Palestine to Egypt. The Somersetshire will bring back from Egypt the First Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, and is due to arrive at Southampton on October 5.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 230, 28 August 1937, Page 9
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