RETURN FROM OVERSEAS
A party of officers recently returned to New Zealand after serving overseas and were cordially welcomed at the port of disembarkation. They were Lieuf.-Colonel D. P. Leckie (Invercargill), Major F. J. Green, C.F. (Timaru), Captain W. B. Helean (Dunedin), Lieutenants C. C. Counhman (Dunedin), M. E. Kemp, and W. A. Reeves (Christchurch), and the following North Is-landers:—Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Buck, Captain A. Highet, Captain' A. C. Pryde, Captain W. A. Swarbuik, Lieutenants R. B. Armstrong, E. R. W. Didwell, B. B. Graves, A. S. Mackay, and J. R. Mackenzie, 'Second Lieutenants R. E. Coury, R. E. O'Hara, A. R. W. Ormond, and Sergeant W. J. A. Pollett, R.N.Z.A.F. "I served in the ranks in the last war and as an officer in this one, and I may claim to have some idea of the qualities of the New Zealand Division," said Colonel Leckie. "New Zealand has every reason to be proud of the men she has sent overseas. We have had experience of other Empire troops, the 9th Australian Division, and other divisions, and we raise our hats to them. Our own troops • steal the headlines in this country, but the honours are shared by them all."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 147, 18 December 1943, Page 9
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200RETURN FROM OVERSEAS Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 147, 18 December 1943, Page 9
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