N.Z’s First Memorable Scenes When Men Left Dominion
Troops Travel In Luxury [Per Press Association. Copyright .] WELLINGTON’. This Dn.v. 'fHE DEPUTY-PRIME MINISTER (MR FRASER) LAST NIGHT ANNOUNCED, ON BEHALF OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE GOVERNMENT, THAT THE FIRST ECHELON OF THE SECOND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE HAD DISEMBARKED SAFELY IN EGYPT. “The British Navy luis again demonstrated its protective Strength in safely convoying troops from outposts of the British Commonwealth of Nations,’’ Mr Fraser said. “It has clone so in this instance just as efficiently as it guarded the transportation of the British Expeditionary Force across the English Channel to France. “It is a great source of gratification and 1 hankfnlness to us all 111 at our men have arrived safely, and, we are informed, in good health and excellent spirits.
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Northern Advocate, 13 February 1940, Page 5
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