GLIMPSE OF WAIOURU CAMP.-The south side in 1940, when the big Public Works programme was in course of completion. The new camp was divided into separate areas, each capable of accommodating a battalion of men. complete with hutments, or tents in some cases to toughen up the men, cookhouses, mess rooms, company and battalion orderly rooms, officers and sergeants’ messes. This area is a canvas area with administrative buildings shown in the middle distance.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 10 May 1947, Page 7
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74GLIMPSE OF WAIOURU CAMP.-The south side in 1940, when the big Public Works programme was in course of completion. The new camp was divided into separate areas, each capable of accommodating a battalion of men. complete with hutments, or tents in some cases to toughen up the men, cookhouses, mess rooms, company and battalion orderly rooms, officers and sergeants’ messes. This area is a canvas area with administrative buildings shown in the middle distance. Wanganui Chronicle, 10 May 1947, Page 7
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