INDIA & CEYLON
PREPARATIONS TO MEET AGGRESSION SIR R. PEIRSE TAKES OVER AIR COMMAND. REINFORCEMENTS REACH CEYLON. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, March 5. A message from Colombo says that British reinforcements are arriving in Ceylon, which is preparing to meet possible aggression. The Governor stated that the local defence forces had been reinforced by many soldiers, sailors and airmen from England and India. Air Marshal Sir Richard Pcirsc, who recently relinquished his appointment as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Bomber Command, has now been appointed Air Officer Com-manding-in-Chief, India. Replying to questions in the House of Commons today, the Secretary of State for India, Mr Amery, said that 90,882 Indians and 3347 Ghurkas had been recruited for the Indian Army since the beginning of the war. Equipment for the troops still largely depended on Britain, though the Indian production was increasing.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 March 1942, Page 3
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