WELL-EARNED LEAVE
CRETE EVACUEES IN CAMP MEN'S SYMPATHY WITH THE BEREAVED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 19. The spirit and present activities of the New Zealand troops are referred to in a recent telegram that Mr Nash received from General Freyberg. “ The men who have been evacuated from Crete are in camp having a wellearned leave, and they are recovering quickly from the strain under which they were working,” said General Freyberg. “We are now getting down to the job of refitting as quickly as possible. Mr Fraser has seen and talked to all the men in hospital, and has addressed the troops back from Crete on parade. During the anxious days of evacuation he was indefatigable in ensuring that everything possible was done to rescue the maximum number from Crete. “ I wish the Government to know, also, 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 suffered los sin these campaigns, the men of the N.Z.E.F. send their deepest sympathy.”
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Evening Star, Issue 23915, 19 June 1941, Page 10
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177WELL-EARNED LEAVE Evening Star, Issue 23915, 19 June 1941, Page 10
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