WANT “A CRACK AT THE JAPS”
New Zealanders in England ; LONDON, February 28. The High Commissioner for New Zealand, Mr. Jordan, during a tour jnet many New Zealand pilots and naval officers at their stations. At one Fleet Air Arm base, Mr. Jordan saw 17 New Zealanders. Some asked if there was any chance of transferring to the Far East “to have a crack at the 1 Japs.” They were assured that every consideration was being given to such requests. Mr. Jordan said: “I like their spirit. If the people, of Britain, facing Germans at 21 miles away at one part, can take it, we in New Zealand, 2000 miles away fro,m the Japanese, are not going to run into the bush at the first sign of . danger.” Mr. Jordan also visited east Scotland flakmills; where ho saw New Zealand flax being converted into canvas.
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Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 112, 6 March 1942, Page 6
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