NEARLY 700
y BACK WITH NZE.F. I RESCUED PRISONERS ; CAIRO, January " Ai ter ;7 da~s a= prisoners a: E.ir'tia. cicse on ~00 N'trv Zealander; -..-. -heir base .;a— p by :—l? -.α-aighr. Although riHii been ~r. -*3~v~■:on rar;ons "hroughout "r.e -vr.cie period :n "-he iSermar. corr-nrur..; i r One Was KiDerf :j:e :arr:~c -a-i.. irtr." and a;r ::r;e bocicar'inzen.; ■vie: -*-ii "he preside -.0 - iie :a_l :f jeer iilieti. He i-.vav from 'he ■'■"mpcur.'i ia:.-er"_iiff ::rr;oti a: vie :_~e. If oat if ~.'r.e recaDtured v-e -^- Zeai "he sch -srhiefi had been I commanded by Brigadier J. jDS.O. M.P They said ->.e seriicr ; efficer? xciuiiine ihe 'nrlgadier were ; ".axar. free Sar-iia .r. the 3rst fesr da~3. i Before the main British oasiauaiir on Bar-iia started ail the N"ew Zeaj -ana oScera "srho Trere orisoners '"ad 'tieer. evacuated from the awn I =erer.r--e:2h- officers, it -^a 3 said. feadjJeen -aken from Barrfia ir. three thn»e hundred Zea ; ard ; oner= wer° marched to a* ! hospital ship one day. i-ur the G- 3, "* i cian skipper had refuied to taV= J them from Barrtia.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 6, 8 January 1942, Page 6
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