NEW ZEALAND TROOPS IN EGYPT
Swimming Baths Opened (N.Z.E.F. Official War Service.) / Plunging from the diving tower into 10 feet of clear, cool water, the general officer commanding the New Zealand Division in . Egypt, Major-General B. C. Freyberg, officially opened today new swimming baths constructed in record time close to the New Zealand camp. A swimming carnival followed. General Freyberg assisted with judging, and prizes were presented by Mrs. Freyberg. Results were as follows :— . 33 1-3 yards invitation:. Crump, 1 ; Johnson, 2. Time, 16. , 33 1-3 yards open : Waddington, 1-; Harp and Lovett, equal, 2. Time, 18 1-5. ■ 100 yards invitation : Crump, 1 ; Johnson. 2. Time, 60 1-5. 100 yards open : McGibbon. Henderson, 2. Time. 75. . . Diving: McHardy, 1 ; Williams. 2; Tre mewan, 3. 100 yards breaststroke: Webster, 1; Gillett. 2. Time, 88.4 Interunit relay: Brigade 11. Q.. 1; Ma-•hine-gun Battalion, 2.- Time, 1.53. The baths took five weeks to build, cost £<oo. They are to be floodlit for evening swimming..
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Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 27, 14 June 1940, Page 3
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