MEN FROM CRETE NOW ON LEAVE
—* — REFITTING UNDER WAY
(P.A.) WELLINGTON. June 19. The spirit and present activities of the New Zealand troops are referred to in a recent telegram the ActingPrime Minister (the Hon. W. Nash) has received from Major-General Freyberg: “The men who have been evacuated from Crete are in camp having wellearned leave, and they are recovering quickly from the strain under which they worked,” stated General Freyberg. “We are now getting down to the job of refitting as quickly as possible. “Mr Fraser has seen and talked to all the men in hospital and addressed the troops back from Crete on parade. During the anxious days of the evacuation he was Indefatigable in ensuring that everything possible was done to rescue the maximum number from Crete. I wish the Government to know also that everything possible was done for the wounded, and doctors and R.A.M.C. personnel remained in Crete to care for them.
"To the people of New Zealand who suffered loss in these campaigns the men of the N.Z.E.F. send their deepest sympathy.’’
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23360, 20 June 1941, Page 8
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