Casualty List Totals. Losses of the SecCn-J Now Zealand Expeditionary 1 Foree in Greece and Crete shown in official casualty lists now exceed by 191 the esti« mate of 5783 given by the acting Prime-Minis,tcr, tlie Hon. W. Nash, on July 1. The approximate totals from official lists issued since the beginning of April, are: Killed, 483; wounded, 161(5; missing, 3607: prisoners, i.6'B.
Potatoes in Jackets. Potato-peeling will soon vanisu from the army in. Australia following an order just issued by the army authorities that in future all potatoes shall be cooked in their jackets ■)ecause of the valuable properties which lie just under the skins. An investigation showed that there won considerable wastage owing to thick peeling by members in the fatigue squads.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 128, 11 July 1941, Page 4
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