Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
47 — Headquarters 2nd NZEF to Army Headquarters (Wellington)
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47
Headquarters 2nd NZEF to Army Headquarters (Wellington)
With reference to your telegram of 20 June.1
Our losses in Artillery, Engineers, Army Service Corps, and Medical Corps [in Crete] were abnormally high. We will be asking for an increase in these arms in the 7th Reinforcements and a proportionate decrease in other arms, but the exact figures will not be available until about 25 June.2 We will reply tomorrow regarding the Tank Brigade and Corps troops.3
2 A telegram from Headquarters 2nd NZEF, dated 24 Jun, giving in detail the amended figures for replacements in the 7th Reinforcements has not been reproduced in this volume.



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