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Norforce Army Days at Hayes Creek, NT and Wyndham (1943)

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From South Australia to the NT

Original classification rating: not rated. This clip chosen to be G

Clip description

This clip captures some of the journey by Australian troops from South Australia to the Northern Territory on the old Ghan railway. It begins at Quorn in South Australia and shows the front of the town hotel; an officer in charge of the train; troops filling up their canvas water bags; a man eating a sandwich; the sign at Edwards Creek; and men filling the water tanks on the top of the train carriages.