DETACHMENTS FROM NEW ZEALAND DIVISION

Further to my letter of 29 September and to your memorandum of 4 October, I am anxious to concentrate all troops of my Division as early as possible so that the much-needed collective training can be recommenced.

In addition to the units and individuals mentioned in my letter referred to above, I would very much like to have returned to my command—

4th Field Regiment	Western Desert
34th Anti-Tank Battery	Western Desert
5th Field Park Company	Western Desert
6th Field Company	Western Desert
27th Machine Gun Battalion (1 Company)	Western Desert
4th Field Ambulance	Western Desert
Divisional Cavalry Regiment	Western Desert
Ammunition Company, NZASC	Abbassia

Without 4th Reserve Mechanical Transport Company, NZASC, and No. 1 Company, Divisional Signals, the training of the Division page 187 will be very much hampered, as I am sure you will agree, and I request that you will endeavour to return those two units, together with those mentioned in the above paragraph, at an early date.

I fully appreciate your difficulties and realise that all these detachments cannot be recalled at once, but I would be grateful if you could give me some indication of the date of their return, to enable me to make a training plan.