DEFENCE MINISTER'S MESSAGE
The Minister of Defence (Mr. Jones) sent the following message to General, Freyberg:—"Please accept and convey to your officers and men my warmest congratulations on the latest accomplishments of the Division, resulting in such a decisive and overwhelming victory; "From its first landing in Egypt over five years ago right onwards until now, you and your men have earned a world-wide reputation for fighting ability, grit, determination, and valour which will illumine the pages of history. By your magnificent co-opera-tion with the fighting services of other nations the freedom and safety of the democracies of the world are again assured."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 103, 3 May 1945, Page 8
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103DEFENCE MINISTER'S MESSAGE Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 103, 3 May 1945, Page 8
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