FEAT OF ACHILLES
TRIBUTE FROM AUSTRALIA -;\
(SHESS iSSOCIATIOK lELB&BAM.) ~, WELLINGTON J*™"* s e 'w ' The Dominion executive <*««s££ Zealand Returned Soldiers Associau°£ has received.the fol low * ng the general secretary of the "jjgg..Executive of the Returned and Sailors'- Imperial League of au* , tralia, Melbourne:— * "I am directed to offer your associa tion this league's heartiest congratuia tions on the magnificent part playect djt v » the courageous New Zealanders on, H.M.S. Achilles during the recent battle which resultedinthe defeat of th 6 German raider. Admiral Graf Spee anu , another sea victory for Britain. *»_« mer service men and women oi JY* t < toalia are proud of the '. \ those who worthily upheld the traditions of the Anzacs dd to > This tribute has been foi waraea I the Navy Department for transmission - to the .Achilles. - --*■
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22921, 18 January 1940, Page 10
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