N.Z. MEN ON PARADE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 752, 4 May 1933, Page 6

N.Z. MEN ON PARADE.

Anzac Services in Sydney. FEELING OF COMRADESHIP. (Special to the “Star.") SYDNEY, April 27. There is a considerable number j of New Zealand’s returned soldiers now resident in Sydney, and they have an I organisation of their own, the N.Z. R.S.A., with Mr Roy Stanley, of Te j Aroha, as president. Members of this association march in the Anzac Day procession, and for j the last five years the Australians have ! given them the foremost place in these j public celebrations. Yesterday, 170 New i Zealanders, carrying the New Zealand ! Hag and their association's banner, marched at the head of the infantry, : following immediately after the naval ! units, and headed by the band of the j 19th Battalion of the local forces, which the Australian authorities allowed them to attach for the occasion. After the service in the Domain, the '• New Zealand contingent, still headed by- the 19th Battalion’s band, marched ! back to the Cenotaph in Martin Place, to do honour to their own illustrious dead. The Rev Steele Craik. chaplain to the New Zealand Forces, conducted an impressive service, reminding his hearers of its special significance to them. “ We have paid our tribute to the Australians who lost their lives in the Great War,” he said. “ Now we are here to remember the 16,000 New Zealanders who were killed, and to express our sympathy for their loved ones.” At the close Mr Blow. Acting Trade Com- j missioner for New Zealand, placed a j wreath on the Cenotaph on behalf of i the Government of the Dominion, and I Mi Roy Stanley also deposited a wreath 1 on behalf of the Sydney members of the N.Z.R.S.A. It is well that the | people of New Zealand should know j that the Dominion’s returned sol- i

; diers over here did not forget their country or their comrades on Anzac Day. Hospitality to Men. Later in the day the New Zealanders who had taken part in the parade were entertained by Mr Len Freeman, an ex-New Zealander, well known in Christchurch and Wellington. and, needless to say, they appreciated highly his kindness and hospitality. Mr Freeman has taken charge of the flags j carried by the New Zealand returned I men on parade, and will hold them till | they are required next Anzac Day. j Even more noteworthy than the good feeling displayed to our veterans | by New Zealanders resident in Sydney i is the cordiality and kindness of the Aus- ! tralians themselves. The fact that the j band of the N.S.W. 19th Battalion was | attached to their little contingent, and ! that they were placed at the head of i the infantry in the march through the • city and past the Cenotaph is a remarkable proof of that feeling of comj radeshin and fraternity which is one ; of the most splendid legacies left by j the Great War, and which has united I New Zealanders and Australians in the I bonds of a common duty and a com- ' mon sacrifice that should endure for j all the years to come.