N.Z. WOUNDED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 May 1941, Page 6

N.Z. WOUNDED

ABOUT 120 LEFT IN GREECE SEVERAL DOCTORS REMAIN WITH THEM. EVERY EFFORT MADE TO SAVE MEN. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 1.25 p.m.) LONDON. May 2. The New Zealand hospital unit was forced lo leave behind about 120 wounded in Greece says the British United Press Cairo'correspondent. Several doctors remained with them. The unit lost all its equipment. Every effort was made to save the men. Six doctors, in relays, drove ambulances to the front to bring in wounded. The Cairo correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Agency tells how an Australian cruiser arrived to take troops from a beach and found it occupied by Germans. The cruiser swept the beach with its guns until the enemy retreated. DAUNTLESS AUSSIES FIRE ON DIVE-BOMBERS FROM SINKING SHIP. ALL ON BOARD TAKEN OFF BY DESTROYERS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 1.20 p.m.) CAIRO, May 2. Twelve dive-bombers attacked a Dutch merchantman conveying 2000 Australian troops. Escorting destroyers shot down three of the enemy planes but the remainder of the raiders later resumed the attack. A near miss smashed the engine-room and the ship had to be abandoned. Although the ship was listing’ heavily, the Australians calmly fired on the bombers with rifles and machine-guns until a destroyer came alongside and took off over a thousand. The remainder, clambering to the port side, continued firing until they were taken off by a second destroyer. All the Australians and the Dutch crew wore saved. The merchantman later was sunk.