Black and White Photograph of Soldiers, Tents and Trucks at Fort Lytton, Brisbane

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Military Note

The local infantrymen will leave for garrison duty at Fort Lytton on Sunday night. The 4th (Wide Bay) Regiment will be passing through Gympie by the 11.30 p.m. train on Sunday, and they will be joined by the members of “B” and “H” companies. The regiment, which consists of eight companies, brass band, signallers, and regimental staff, will then be complete, and will proceed by train to Wynnum, from whence they will march to Fort Lytton, about three miles distant. At the fort they will take over the equipment of the 11th (Darling Downs) Regiment, whom they are relieving. The regiment will be on duty for a fortnight.

Description source:
Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette, 10 October 1914

View the original record at the Queensland State Archives:
Item ID 2692229

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