D.F.C. FOR NEW ZEALANDER
(Received June 21, 2.10 p.m.) LONDON, June 20. A New Zealander in the Royal Air Force, Squadron-Leader Cyril Eyton Kay, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
then, to the delight of onlookers, "Waltzing Matilda."
As the troop trains passed through populated areas every window and door was crowded with waving and cheering civilians.
For hour after hour the troops poured into their separate camps in a part of England their fathers knew so well. Senior officers enthusiastically praised the rapidity with which the British military authorities prepared the camps. The whole scheme was fashioned within a fortnight. Hot and cold running water is installed and there are wet and dry canteens. Intensive training starts in two or three days. "We are here to fight and we don't mind where," is the way they approach the war.
The correspondent of the Australian Associated Press w^ith the troops says: "This is the message I would send to their relatives in Australia and New Zealand: 'The boys are in splendid shape. They are eager and ready to get their training done and into battle. They like this country. They are well quartered and they are determined not to let down you or their comrades.'"
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 146, 21 June 1940, Page 8
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206D.F.C. FOR NEW ZEALANDER Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 146, 21 June 1940, Page 8
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