600,000 STRONG
Australian Forces CANBERRA. July 23. The effective strength of the Australian forces last month was a pproxfmately 600.000. According to figures issued by the Department of Information this total was substantially higher lh:in Was loieeasl m Parliament at the close ol last year. The release of Australian prisoners of war in Europe, the actual fatal casualties experienced, and other factors were responsible for this. Last December, It was estimated that the etlecti','' strength of the armed forcos in the middle of 1915 would be ab YU'ui
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19450724.2.64
Bibliographic details
Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23261, 24 July 1945, Page 5
Word Count
88600,000 STRONG Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23261, 24 July 1945, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Timaru Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.