CALL TO ARMS
BELGIANS HASTEN TO FRANCE FORMATION OF NEW ARMY (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, June 17. Three Belgian nationals have reached Auckland from Australia on their way to Europe to, join the new Belgian Army being formed in France. They are obeying the call to arms made by the Belgian Government in defiance of King Leopold’s capitulation. The three men are Mm. Robert Degraeve, J. A. Beurang, and J V. Q. Leveaux. All are officers of the Belgian Army Reserve, and all have been engaged for some years as wool buyers in Australia and New Zealand. M. Degraeve is aged 47, and has four children. _ Apart from saying that Belgians all over the world were hastening to Europe, the three men were reticent about their action. They said that already a number of Belgians from various parts of Australia had sailed for Europe. •
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24327, 18 June 1940, Page 6
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