New Guinea Casualties
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Became missing and is now presumed dead: NG4047 Rflmn. L. S. Dix, Infantry, Rabaul.
Died of Illness: NG2464 W/011 H. J.
O’Kane, HQ Unit, Rabaul.
Removed from Seriously and Danger ously 111 Lists: NG2343 Pte. L. H. Gielis, Ordnance, Rabaul.
In a speech made in Canberra on March 26, Dr. Evatt, Australian Minister for External Affairs, said: “New Cale donia . . . situated at a few hours’ flight from Australia, is of supreme importance for us from a strategic point of view.
When we deal with a territory like New Caledonia, we must remember that be hind it there is France, which was almost faced with death in the last war, but which has been and which will again be come one of the great world powers.
Consequently, the future of New Cale donia cannot be separated from the problem of France.”