 On 11 October 1941 , the battalion entrained at <unk> and began the journey north . They <unk> at Alice Springs , where they camped overnight before continuing the journey by road in a 44 @-@ vehicle convoy , which took them further north to <unk> . There they once again entrained for the final journey to <unk> , which they reached on 19 October , after <unk> in Katherine . 
