ARMY MANOEUVERS
MOTORISED SQUADRON IN ACTION “BATTLE’’ NEAR WHAN’GAREI [ Per Press Association ] WHANGAREI, May 15. The biggest mounted military camp held in the Northland was augmented by the arrival of a motorised squadron consisting of 28 cars and lorries, 40 motor-cycles, two Bren carriers, 500 mounted men and the motorised squadron set out on a 15-mlle night trek to the Titoki district, where a battle was begun at daybreak.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 113, 16 May 1939, Page 4
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69ARMY MANOEUVERS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 113, 16 May 1939, Page 4
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