EMPIRE HONOUR
GENERAL SMUTS APPOINTED FIELD-MARSHAL. MESSAGE FROM THE KING. (British Official Wireless. 1 RUGBY May 23. It. is announced in London that the Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa. General Smuts, has been appointed a Field Marshal in the British Army. The King in a personal message to General Smuts states: "It gives me particular pleasure on this your birthday to appoint you a Field Marshal in the British Army. Your promotion to the highest military rank will be warmly welcomed in this country "
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1941, Page 5
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87EMPIRE HONOUR Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 May 1941, Page 5
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