AUSTRALIANS IN THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 44, 15 November 1919, Page 7

AUSTRALIANS IN THE WAR

HIGH PRAISE FROM SIR JOHN MONASH., .... (Ree. November 14, 9.15,, p.m.) London. NoYeinber 12, Generals Birdwood, Monasih, -M'Glynn, and Wisdom, together with 250 other ; Australians, officers and men; with many dependants, are sailing for lAustrulia on board the Ormonde on. Saturday. ■ The Australian Press Association repro. spntativo interviewed Sir John ilonash, who said: "1 am jolly glad to find myself on the eve ol' departure. I have 'own away from home for five years, Init ths lasti nine months have been much moro strenuous thaii the four years of war. Demobilisation proved to bo a stupendous task. It would be difficult enough in peaco time, with the help of a Drained staff, to transport a city of two hundred thousand people to tilio Antipodes in nine months. We succeeded in completing tho hullc of our embarkation in eight months. In enlisting sympathy for the men, they had followed, "the prin- . cipte of conduct," he says, "nnimaicd mo throughout tho war._ Based on my experience, I say that if you give au Australian a fair deal he will do anything in tho world for you.'' Mutual confidence between the men and I heir>officers waa the bedrock of tho success of the Australians' in' the war. One almost was tempted to tlunk that as against tliie terrible losses Australia,lias suffered, Ihero nro very substantial in t'h-o moral uplift and vast educational experiences gained by the young men of'. Australia."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.