FIRST (N.Z) ECHELON
“THE DESERT COLUMN." i HOME NEWS. News from Home! News that we have longed for More than when in camp. Where we first learnt arts of warfare yet to come And enjoyed the beat of drum and sound of marching feet Upon the tramp. News from Home! Oh what joy it is to us In our dreary desert camp Where our feet are sorely blistered 'Neath Old Sol's perpetual blazing lamp: Where o’ nights the only news we get Is Goebbels’ dismal foreboding threats Giving us the cramp! News from Home At last! and something real and solid, News we really understand. News that turns our thoughts and hearts To New Zealand's sea-girt lovely land. And makes us feel once more We are gripping some loved hand. Yes. News from Home! Any kind of news will do. Such as shows we're not forgotten As we light for King and Empire, Which, after all. means you. N.J.B.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 August 1940, Page 5
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159FIRST (N.Z) ECHELON Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 August 1940, Page 5
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