THIRD ECHELON
Mobilisation Dates
By Telegraph Press Association
CHRISTCHURCH, M'ay 6.
Mobilisation dates for Third Echelon units to go to camps in the North Island were announced by Military District Headquarters to-day. South .sland drafts for the Papakura Camp, which include Maori Battalion reinforcements, 7th Anti-Tank Regiment and Artillery, will leave Christchurch for the north on the night of May 14.
South Island drafts for Trentham, which Include Railway Group reinforcement, 4th Anti-Tank Company, Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Engineers, Machine-gun Battalion reinforcement, 6th Anti-Tank Regiment, General Hospital staff, and Divisional Signals, will leave Christchurch for the north on the night of May 15. North Island draft.; for Burnham will reach the South Island from the Central Military District on May 15 and from the Northern Military District on May 16. With the mobilisation of South Island recruits for Burnham on the following day, there will be large drafts arriving on three consecutive days.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21647, 7 May 1940, Page 9
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152THIRD ECHELON Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21647, 7 May 1940, Page 9
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