A United States Navy communique announces that the combined naval forces of the United Nations in the Australian and New Zealand area have been placed under the command of Vice-Admiral Herbert F. Leary, with the title of Commander of the Anzac Forces. The Anzac area has been defined as the eastern approaches to Australia and New Zealand. The communications between the Anxac area and North America are also a United States responsibility, as well as naval command in the East Indian Archipelago.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24194, 9 February 1942, Page 5
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82A United States Navy communique announces that the combined naval forces of the United Nations in the Australian and New Zealand area have been placed under the command of Vice-Admiral Herbert F. Leary, with the title of Commander of the Anzac Forces. The Anzac area has been defined as the eastern approaches to Australia and New Zealand. The communications between the Anxac area and North America are also a United States responsibility, as well as naval command in the East Indian Archipelago. New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24194, 9 February 1942, Page 5
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