"MUST SEE IT OUT"

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 161, 10 July 1945, Page 6

"MUST SEE IT OUT"

WAR IN THE PACIFIC

VERY MUCH ANZACS' CONCERN

P.A. WELLINGTON, this day. Speaking'at a meeting of the A.I.F. Association, the High Commissioner for Australia, Mr. T. G. D'Alton remarked on the excellent work of the R.N.Z.A.F. on Bougainville in cooperation with Australian air and land forces. "This campaign has been pressed so vigorously and' successfully," he said, "that the final capture of more important points on the island is now well in sight. It does us good in Australia to know that the New Zealanders are with us in the Pacific war. To-day Australia is as highly mobilised for war as ever in her history. Victory in Europe brought us no let up in the Pacific, and actually more Australian soldiers are now actively engaged in fighting than at any time since the outbreak of the war in 1939. "Few people realise that six divisions of Australian soldiers are fighting in the South-West Pacific," added Mr. D'Alton. "In addition we have long lines of communications and innumerable bases to maintain. Our R.A.A.F. is busily engaged on our 3000-mile front, while our Navy is active both with the British Pacific Fleet and under the South-West Pacific Command.

"The war in the Pacific is very much the concern of Australia and New Zealand. Our countries were directly threatened by invasion by a barbarous foe; our homes and lives were at stake. We must see the y.-ar through; wo cannot leave the jib to others. The Japanese are still numerous and fighting fanatically. I hope there is no let up until their absolute defeat."