The first day

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Norman Aberdeen was keen. After all, he’d served three years in the senior cadets. When War broke out and recruits were called for to fight for King and Country the nineteen year old apprentice engineer from Station Street, North Carlton was quick to make it to the drill hall and sign up. His regimental number, 75, proves he was one of the early arrivals. He was one of many Princes Hill State School ex-students to “answer the call” promptly.

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