AUCHINLECK’S PRAISE
New Zealand Troops In Middle East
A cable message which has been received by the Prime Minister,* Mr. Fraser, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom, Mr. W. J. Jordan, states thftt he has completed his visit to the New Zealand troops in the Western Desert, and found' the.m in perfect condition and. in the highest spirits. . ' '
The message added that General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middles East, and General Cun-, ningham, formerly Cominander-in-Chief of the British Forces in East Africa, had both expressed to him high ad,miration of the New Zealand troops and their pleasure at having them .under their commands. They had also expressed the greatest confidence in Major-General Frey berg. General Officer Commanding, Second N.Z.E.F.
“What line of business do you expect you boy to go into?” “Well, we’ve decided to make a lawyer out of him. He enjoyed mixing into other people’s business so much that we figured he might as well get paid for it.” z
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Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 99, 21 November 1941, Page 4
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167AUCHINLECK’S PRAISE Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 99, 21 November 1941, Page 4
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