Kapooka – Freedom of the City – 1962

Kapooka soldiers marching up Baylis Street after being granted the Freedom of the City in November 1962

Kapooka Military Area was only the third organisation or person to be awarded the “Freedom of the City”of Wagga Wagga” following  The Hon E.H. Graham, MLA, Minister for Agriculture & Member for Wagga Wagga in 1957 and the Royal Australian Air Force Base Wagga Wagga in 1961.

For more Wagga History from 25 and 50 Years ago click https://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/5258947/looking-back-50-25-years/

 

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