29 The Battery’s New Home The 103rd Battery quickly made strong local-ties with the community and was often reported about in newspapers such as The West Australian, The Westralian Worker and Western Mail. Onlookers would often gather to witness various training exercises with the 18 Pounder Howitzers, which would be received with enthusiasm and genuine interest. Full details of the tactics in practice, types of ammunition used and even the identities of visiting dignitaries would be reported about in excruciating detail – something you would only find in official Army newspapers today. It seems that local readers were not only interested in that kind of material but so much so that they would explore the absolute minutia of details as to paint a picture – in issue after issue.
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