TROOPS FROM CANADA
ANOTHER GREAT CONVOY REACHES BRITAIN. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, October 20. One of the largest convoys of the war has arrived, bringing thousands of Canadian troops for armoured units, hundreds of airmen, antitank gunners, Polish and Dutch soldiers and American technicians. The troops brought small arras and light equipment and will receive most of their heavy equipment in England. The Canadian Minister of Defence, Lieutenant-Colonel Ralston, farewel!ed the troops in Canada and flew the Atlantic to welcome them to Britain. Another message states that Lieuten-ant-Colonel Ralston tojd the troops that their first duty was to defend Britain, but that they would go also wherever they were needed, and they would be needed.”.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 October 1941, Page 5
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