AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN IN VAN
MARCH THROUGH CITY >’ ——— Striking an unusual note in their smart uniforms of dark blue, a party of Australian airmen were at the head of a column that marched through Queen Street on October 9th. Led by the Papakura Camp Band, the column included detachments of New Zealand airmen and troops and as the men marched smartly through Queen Street crowds quickly lined the route. It was the first time that Australians. had participated in a march through the city. The parade was an unheralded one, but as the march proceeded the crowds grew, and-there were warm bursts of applause for the visitors, also for the New Zealand airmen and soldiers.
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Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 25, 18 October 1940, Page 1
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