The longest trek which has; - oeen undertaken by an infantry battalion in New Zealand has been made by a Territorial unit in the northern military district. It marched 65 miles in four days, covering 11 miles in the morning and six in the afternoon on each of the first three days and finishing on the fourth with 12 in the morning and two in the afternoon. Having already marched 30 miles in two preceding days, the unit covered almost 100 miles within a week.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22183, 29 January 1942, Page 5
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