FOUR YEARS AGO THIS MONTH.
I Jan. Second Contingent units begin moving from Aidershot to ports of embarkation. 3 Jan. —.4th Infantry Brigade transport convoy returns to Maadi after carrying 19th Australian Brigade to Fort Capuzzo. 5 Jan. — "Duchess of Bedford" leaves Newport for Belfast with part of Second Contingent. , ' 6 Jan. — Reserve MT Company transports Australian troops from Bardia to vicinity of Tobruk. 7 Jan. — "Athlone Castle” leaves Liverpool for Belfast with rest of Second Contingent. ■ 10 Jan. — Advance Party 4th Infantry Brigade arrives Helwan from estern Desert. . ■ . „ II Jan.— ”T” NZ Patrol LRDG participates in successful raid on Murzuk. 4th Field Regiment returns to Helwan from Western Desert. 12 Jan. Second Contingent leaves
Belfast for Egypt via Freetown, Capetown and Durban. 13 Jan. — Divisional Cavalry returns to Helwan from Daba. —'2 NZEF Archives-Section.
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Cue (NZERS), Issue 15, 15 January 1945, Page 22
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