THE DESERT BATTLE.
NEW ZEALAND CONGRATULA-
TIONS
(Per Press Association)
WELLINGTON, December 17
The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser) has sent the following message to General Sir Archibald Wavell; “The Government and people of New Zealand extend 1 their warmest congratulations to you and all those under your command on the brilliant victory in the Western Desert. We are filled with pride at its splendid conception and execution, and are confident that it is a happy augury for the future of British and Allied aims.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 58, 18 December 1940, Page 7
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