N.Z. TROOPS
"WELL-EARNED LEAVE"
RECOVERING QUICKLY
GENERAL FREYBERG'S MESSAGE
The spirit and present activities of the new Zealand troops were referred to in a cablegram received recently by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Nash) from Major-General Freyberg.
"The men who have been evacuated from Crete," stated General Freyberg, "are in camp having a well-earned leave, and they are recovering quickly from the strain under which they have been working. We are nqw 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 troops back from Crete on a parade. During the anxious days of evacuation the Prime Minister was indefatigable in ensuring that possible was done to rescue £he maximum number from Crete. "I wish the Government to know, also," states General Freyberg, "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 have suffered loss in these campaigns the men of the N.Z.E.F. send their deepest sympathy."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 143, 19 June 1941, Page 9
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180N.Z. TROOPS Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 143, 19 June 1941, Page 9
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