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In 1915 enlistment for WW1 had dwindled.
Coo-ee March 1915
2 brothers organised a route march of volunteers to Sydney,
enlisting recruits as they marched.
Coo-ee March 1915
26 men left Gilgandra Bound for Sydney recruiting along the way.
Coo-ee March 1915.
They marched along unsealed roads, rain, hail or shine.
Coo-ee March 1915.
After 33 days and 320 miles.
Coo-ee March 1915.
They reached Sydney and had recruited 263 men.
Coo-ee March 1915.
The Coo-ees as the volunteers were known
became national heroes.
The Coo-ee March 1915.