SICK AND WOUNDED
PRIME MINISTER’S WELCOME FREE FRENCH SOLDIERS IN PARTY (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 2. Thirty men of the Free French forces, hardened fighters toughened by desert warfare, accompanied a party of sick and wounded who recently returned to New Zealand from the Middle East. They had seen stiff fighting at Bir Hacheim. With the returned New Zealanders they were welcomed back by the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, who met among the party men who had left with the first and second echelons and had fought right up to the battle of El Alamein. Two of the New Zealanders actually got as far as Tripoli, whence one was flown back to Cairo in a troop-carrying plane. “Just as we are putting all our resources into the war, in the same way they will be utilised to give you a start once more,” Mr Fraser said. He assured the men that they had done their share, and he cordially welcomed them back on behalf of the Government and people of New Zealand. He said they were proud of the fight being put up by their Free French Allies in Tunisia, and he mentioned the bravery and wonderful exploits of the Maori soldiers.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25215, 3 May 1943, Page 4
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