Darley Camp – who remembers?

April 13, 2020 BY

Australia troops marching past the Governor General at Darley Camp December 1940. - The Australiasian

Extract from the BM&DHS Newsletter March 2020

One of three WWII training centres in Victoria, Darley Camp was established in July 1940. In the following month, 357 galvanised iron and timber huts were constructed and by September, the first of 4,000 troops from the 4th Infantry Training Corps arrived. The camp had not been yet been completed. There was no electricity, no canteen and recent rainfall of 75mm had turned internal roads to a quagmire.

To read the full story – Simply click on the following link and scroll through to page number six (6).

https://www.scribd.com/document/456162607/MN-2020-04-14

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