ITALIAN BROADCASTS
NEW ZEALAND OFFICER’S, REFUTATION “ The other day the Italians broadcast that they had killed 80 per cent, of the New Zealanders with bombs. They are awful liars. Nobody was hurt.” So writes Lieutenant-colonel F. S Varnham, M.C.. E.D., officer commanding the 19th (Wellington) Battalion of the N.Z.E.F. in Egypt, under date August 31. in a letter to Mrs Varnham. New Plymouth. “We are wearing sun helmets now, the letter added. “They have the New Zealand badge in front and my battalion has a red diamond on the pugaree on the left-hand side. They look quite smart, but take a bit of getting used to the appearance after our felt hats. “Spread out as we are here each company does its own cooking and feeding' arrangements This applies also to the officers, so each company has its own little officers’ mess, -onsisting of a tent. For field worklike this we purchased some time ago two small kerosene stoves and the men all have their own mess utensils, ana the company keens a few spares for mess visitors.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24413, 26 September 1940, Page 8
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178ITALIAN BROADCASTS Otago Daily Times, Issue 24413, 26 September 1940, Page 8
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