When 3000 Australian Army servicemen marched across the Blue Mountains to Bathurst in 1940

By Robyne Ridge
April 22 2022 - 2:30pm

By mid-1940, Eastern Command, to test soldiers' stamina, equipment, air-attack responses, lines of communication and public support for troops, created the biggest foot movement of troops ever undertaken at that time in Australia.

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