DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA
THE NEW MILITIA. MORE ATTRACTIVE UNIFORMS. (United Press Association.) {Sy Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) . ’ SYDNEY, February 20. Major Gerald Brand, second in command of the General Staff, stated in an address to the Millions Club that Australia s new militia, which will be dressed in more attractive uniforms than hitherto would approximate 35,000, but would be capable of expansion in case of aggression to 180,000. The average age of the 20,000 who had already volunteered was 23 years. He hoped employers would enable trainees to take the fullest advantage of the annual camp, as their attitude would be the deciding factor in trie success of tlie volunteer force.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20958, 22 February 1930, Page 14
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