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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1940
Page
3
In Sydney crowds bid farewell to the Second Imperial Force as the Third Convoy ships depart. Troops board ferries and transports under grey skies, Governor-General Lord Gowrie among watchers, while Diggers survey from decks and rigging amid a harbor alive with cheering and ship movement.
Jerusalem correspondent reports Palestine mobilises fully after a mysterious plane seen over Haifa believed Italian reconnaissance. Coastal defences are mined and fifth columnists targeted while Jerusalem goes into blackout with heightened readiness and ongoing troop and material mobilization.
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