After 36 days’ trek from Tobruk 4 Ghurkas reach British lines.— Four men of the 7th Ghurka Rifles, Nepal, trekked across the desert for 36 days from Tobruk to the British lines. They travelled by night, using the stars as guide, and arrived smiling broadly as though they had just been taking a pleasant stroll. Corporal Birhadadus Limbu, one of the four Ghurkas, smiling broadly as a comrade congratulates him on his desert “hike.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 64, 18 March 1943, Page 6
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74After 36 days’ trek from Tobruk 4 Ghurkas reach British lines.— Four men of the 7th Ghurka Rifles, Nepal, trekked across the desert for 36 days from Tobruk to the British lines. They travelled by night, using the stars as guide, and arrived smiling broadly as though they had just been taking a pleasant stroll. Corporal Birhadadus Limbu, one of the four Ghurkas, smiling broadly as a comrade congratulates him on his desert “hike.” Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 64, 18 March 1943, Page 6
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