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Article : 96 wordsThe usual show week reunion of the 28th Battalion Association will take place at the Soldiers' Institute on Monday, October 11. Special efforts are being made ...
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Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thu 14 Sep 1933, Page 2
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