With the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2 approaching - on 15th August with VP Day (Victory in the Pacific). We will be commemorating the event with a week of stories, sourced from “Wimmera diggers at war 1939-1945”compiled by Tania Barber from the pages of the Wimmera Mail Times.
Each day will feature a story or event from a year during the war.
Day 1: Commencing with the recruitment of soldiers in 1939 – a photograph of some members of the 1st Armored Car Regiment camped at the Horsham Showgrounds in October 1939.
The ‘1st Armored Car Regiment’ was formed prior to the war, with the regimental colours of gold, red, brown & green. It had the Territorial Title of ‘The Wimmera Regiment’ and the regimental badge depicted an armoured car in a scroll with the motto "Celere Exploratu" (swiftly/quickly/rapidly explore/investigate) inscribed.
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