DRIFTING BACK
NEW ZEALANDERS IN CRETE. The official evacuation of New Zealanders from Crete finished some months ago, but-it is very probable that several men listed as missing or prisoners of war are now well and at liberty. One man who returned to New Zealand by the hospital ship Oranje, said that New Zealanders were still drifting back to Egypt in twos and threes from the island when he left. Prisoners on the island were apparently allowed a fair amount of latitude by their captors, apart from the necessary work they had to do, and a resourceful Digger had found time to hide a boat in a handy position and wait for his opportunity to escape. The Greeks and -the Cretans had been wonderful in the help they had given to the soldiers, and a thousand or more men were definitely carrying on the fight in Crete. The Germans had generally respected the Red Cross, and provided no “tin” h,ats were worn planes usually left ambulance and hospital establishments alone.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 September 1941, Page 4
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170DRIFTING BACK Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 September 1941, Page 4
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