THE EMPIRE'S WAR ACTIVITIES
• A BRITISH HOSPITAL UNIT AT BATTERED TO BR UK: The Had-field-Spears Hospital- Unit, composed of British nursing s'slcrs and drivers, French Men lie a I Officers and nurses, the rnent's A mbulaniv Unit, and Senegalese orderlies, is now working ui the V\ eslorn Desert forward areas. Attached to 111.? Free French Forces, it is commanded by Lady Spears, wife of MajorGeneral Sir Louis Spears, K.8.E., D.5.0., British- Liaison Olficer in Syria. Sister Pamela Avery, of London, ■ wearing the battle uniform habitually worn by British nurses in the forward battle, areas.
® • BRITAIN'S NEW SECRETARY OF STATE FO'R WAR: Sir Jamis Grigg, K.C.8., K.C.S.L. a noted British Civil Servant has succeeded Captain D. Margesson, his own former political chief, as British Secretary of State for War.
LOUD IIARLECH : Lord Harlech, British High Commissioner in the Union of South Africa l'or the duration of the war. lie is also' executive administrator of Beehuanaland, B;i> uiohmd and Swaziland.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 89, 10 August 1942, Page 3
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158THE EMPIRE'S WAR ACTIVITIES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 89, 10 August 1942, Page 3
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