ENJOYING A REST
Men Evacuated From Crete (PA.) WELLINGTON, June 19. The spirit and present activities of the New Zealand troops are referred to in a telegram received by the ActingPrime Minister (the Hon. W. Nash) from Major-General B. C. Freyberg, V.C. “The men who have been evacuated from Crete are in camp, having a well-earned leave, and they are recovering quickly from the strain under which they have been working,” said General Freyberg. ,f We are now getting down to the job of refitting as quickly as possible. Mr Fraser has seen and talked to all the men in hospital and addressed troops back from Crete on parade. During the anxious days or the evacuation of Greece he was indefatigable in ensuring that everything possible was done to rescue the maximum number from Crete. I wish the Government to know also that everything possible was done for . the wounded, and doctors and RAM.C. personnel who remained in Crete to care for them. To the people of New Zealand who suffered loss in these campaigns the men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force send their deepest sympathy.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21994, 20 June 1941, Page 4
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187ENJOYING A REST Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21994, 20 June 1941, Page 4
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