IN ACTION IN PACIFIC
te TROOPS MEET JAPANESE
SOME CASUALTIES - SUFFERED
. The Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific has "been in action against the Japanese. Announcing1 this last night, the Minister of Defence (Mr. Jones) also said that some casualties had been suffered by the New Zealanders. ; , "It was announced by the Prime Minister on September 28, and published in the Press the following day, that the New Zealand troops in the Pacific had moved to a forward area," said the Minister." "It can now be stated that the troops have since been engaged in active operations against the Japanese, and that from reports received have carried out their tasks successfully and in a manner which reflected great credit on them. . ■ . ,' ''Our troops have suffered casualties as follows:—Killed in action,- 29; died of wounds, 2; missing, 12; wounded, 23.
. . ".The ,next-of-kin have been notified and the sympathy of the Government has been conveyed to those who have suffered bereavement."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 87, 9 October 1943, Page 8
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161IN ACTION IN PACIFIC Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 87, 9 October 1943, Page 8
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