LONG A.I.F. MARCH.
SYDNEY, Aug. 12. As part of their training the Seventh Division of the A.1.F., who have been in camp at Ingleburn, near Liverpool, and who are transferring to camp at Bathurst, began this morning to march to their new quarters, a distance of 130 miles, over the Blue Mountains. The march will be taken in easy stages and will occupy 12 days. The 4000 men involved will move in groups of 1000, with one day’s travel between each.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 218, 13 August 1940, Page 7
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81LONG A.I.F. MARCH. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 218, 13 August 1940, Page 7
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