OVER THERE
N.Z.E.F. IN EGYPT
Little Contact With Enemy Writing on September 16, Lieutenant M. C. Fairbrother, former secretary oi the Automobile Association (Southland), who is now in Egypt with the Ist Eechelon, 2nd N.Z.E.F., stated that up tc that time the New Zealanders had seen no fighting, nor any of the enemy, except some prisoners. All activity had been confined to the-, mechanized units, which did their job thoroughly in conjunction with the Royal Air Force ami the Navy. “However, for all that,‘our presence in Egypt has been very useful at all stages, first, as a moral and deterrent effect,” wrote* Lieutenant Fairbrother. “Then, a few months after our arrival, , we became relief for several famous British regiments engaged on internal security or garrison duty. This was most important, too, with a local population then not very favourably disposed toward entering the war, and in Cairo an Italian population of some 80,000, a proportion of which was known to be subversively inclined.
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Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 25, 18 October 1940, Page 4
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163OVER THERE Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 25, 18 October 1940, Page 4
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