ANZACS' EXAMPLE
" We oldeftmen knew that the young New Zealanders would turn up trumps when they.; were put to the test-in Greece," said Major-general R. Young, Dominion commander of the Home Guard, addressing the Gisborne borough battalion. "They have done all and more than.we could have expected of thorn. They took a knock, a hard knock, but thev gave the Nazis a knock too. They gave the •enemy something to remember and proved to anybody who might be thinking of tackling New Zealand in her own backyard that there is nothing decadent about us. The men who have been fighting in Greece have left to us the obligation of keeping their country intact while they are abroad. You can imagine that one nation not at present in the war, but whose intentions have caused a good deal of concern, will have been watching the deeds of the Anzacs with a lot of interest. It is quite possible that the impression made by the Anzacs in the campaign in Greece will have given all likely enemies food for thought. It is even possible that by their magnificent show in Greece the New Zealand Division has saved this country from a great deal of trouble.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24606, 14 May 1941, Page 13
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203ANZACS' EXAMPLE Otago Daily Times, Issue 24606, 14 May 1941, Page 13
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