AT SINGAPORE
AUSTRALIAN FORCE
THOUSANDS OF MEN
EXAMPLE OF POLICY
(Rec. 1 p.m.) RUGBY, August 15. The largest convoy in history is reported to have arrived at Singapore carrying thousands of troops, representing infantry, artillery, army service corps, engineers, and ambulance units. There were also Bren gun carriers, antitank guns, and motor transport. Informed quarters in Singapore comment that these men are a token of Australia's determination to treat Singapore as a first line of defence and a warning that Britain and Australia, with their allies in the Pacific, are committed to an inflexible policy of resisting any attempt, on the part of any Power, to interfere with the freedom of the peoples living in this area. — 8.0. W.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410816.2.56
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 41, 16 August 1941, Page 10
Word Count
119AT SINGAPORE Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 41, 16 August 1941, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.