AMAZING COURAGE OF CRETAN WOMEN
MV XY stories are told of the wonderful courage of the Cretan women during the campaign on the i-laml. and Australians and New Zealanders alike are loud in their praise. "They helped us in every way. I take off rnv hat to them for their courage," said one officer, "Women who were doing our washing came right into the lines every day to deliver clean clothes and collect the dirty stuff. The blitz did not seem to worry them. "The woman who was doing my washing was unable to get through one day when we were blitzed for eight hours, but she apologised next day because she had been unable to make it
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23997, 21 June 1941, Page 18
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118AMAZING COURAGE OF CRETAN WOMEN New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23997, 21 June 1941, Page 18
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