FOUR YEARS AGO
3 Oct 40. Late Brig. J. Harges.t assumed .command' 2 fNZEF (UK) on departure for ME of late Brig. R. Miles. \ - 4 Oct. l (NZ Convalescent Depot arrived Moascar from • Maadi -to take over > Egypt Command Convalescent Depot on 12 Oct.* : 5 Oct.— General Freyberg -left Maadi for Western Desert to recce forward areas. ; ; 7 Oct.—l k NZ General Hospital left the Clyde in the Georgia for Egypt via Freetown and Capetown. . - ; 8 Oct.—2 „NZ General Hospital took over Grand Hotel, Helwan, from 4 jNZ- General Hospital, which was disbanded. ■ 9 Oct.— NZ Field Ambulance and reinforcement draft' with Third Contingent returned to Bombay from Deolali and sailed for Egypt in the Felix Roussel - 10 Oct.— 29 NZ Battalion (UK) transferred from 7 Infantry Brigade to 5 Infantry Brigade. 11 Detachment of 16 Railway Operating Company began duty on Daba-Matruh section of Western Desert line. 12 General Officer Commanding, British Troops in Egyp , Lt-Gen Sir Maitland Wilson, inspected all units in Maadi Camp. _ 2 NZEF Official Archives Seq.
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Cue (NZERS), Issue 9, 15 October 1944, Page 5
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171FOUR YEARS AGO Cue (NZERS), Issue 9, 15 October 1944, Page 5
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