On Wednesday last, at Moore Park, the Governor-General reviewed a large number of troops— infantry. engineers, and mechanical transport— in the presence of several thousands of spectators.  Beside his Excellency in the picture is the State Commandant (Brigadier-General Lee). In the course of an address to the men the Governor-General said: — 'The units, brave men every-one. who have had their winters at the front, and have done much of the hardest fighting, have not appealed to you in vain, and we salute you for your gallant response and for your devotion to Empire.  The position demands that every fit man should be in his country's service.  You need never in the future hang your heads.  May you have great glory and success, and may God bless you.  It has been a most gratifying thing to me that, on this field, where I have seen so many troops of the Second Military District. 1 find these contingents as good as any that have gone before them, and as likely to uphold all his Majesty's arms.

Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), Wednesday 27 March 1918, page 10

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