GENERAL FREYBERG
APPOINTED TO NEW POST COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN CRETE. ENEMY LOSSES IN AIR RAID ON ISLAND. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright' LONDON, May 5. Major-General Freyberg, V.C.. commander of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces in Crete. An air attack is reported on Crete. The enemy machines were intercepted by British fighters, which shot down four and damaged others. Anti-air-craft fire also accounted for some of the raiders.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 May 1941, Page 5
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