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TRIBUTE BY PARLIAMENT CONFIDENCE IN COMMANDER (P.A.) WELLINGTON. June 12. Appreciation of the performance of the New Zealand Division in Greece and Crete was expressed in a motion passed unanimously by the’ House of Representatives to-day. The motion was moved by the Acting Prime Minister. Mr Nash, and seconded by the Leader of the Opposition. Its text is as follows: — That the House of Representatives in Parliament assembled records its enduring admiration of the courage, tenacity and determination displayed by the officers and men of the New /Zealand Division,' Maoris and pakehas alike, in the fight for liberty on the battlefields of Greece and Crete, its confidence in the. distinguished leadership of the general officer commanding the New Zealand forces, Major-general B. C. Freyberg, V.C., and its expression of sympathy to all those who now sorrow for the loss of our gallant soldiers. t • Both Mr Nash and Mr Holland said the facts were so recent and so well known that they felt that no words of theirs were necessary in support , of the resolution, which is to be sent to General Freyberg to be conveyed to his officers and men. • .. g v'
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24632, 13 June 1941, Page 4
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