N.Z. VEHICLES IN EGYPT
••CIVILIAN” LORRIES WITH THE FORCES (N.Z.t’.F. Official News Scrviccj. Cairo, July 7. Anything from home always arouses I friendly interest on the part of New ! : Zealand troops serving with the forces I in the Middle East. For this reason j they were especially interested recent- I 1} to see trade vehicles from New Zealand still bearing the marks of their | previous owners make their appear- 1 transport painted in greens or reds in marked contrast to the sombre colours us-ad by the Army immediately suggest- ! ed something unusual, and to find that! New Zealand “civilian’ loiries had j joined the N.'Z.E.F. overseas was a i pleasant surprise. The fact that at ! j least one bore the signs of a well- | known brewery may have had some- I j thing to da with this.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 29 July 1941, Page 4
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