Maltese Newsletter 87
July 2015
KAMRA TAD-DEPUTATI - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PARLAMENT TA‘ MALTA L-iSpeaker
The Speaker
15 ta Mejju 2015 Mr Frank Scicluna Honorary Consul for Malta in South Australia Please, permit me to say well done for the book you have written entitled "Malta and the Anzacs, the Nurse of the Mediterranean" which gives important and detailed information of the role Malta played during World War One between 1914 and 1918 when thousands of soldiers were sent to our island to recuperate. I would like to thank you also for sending me a signed copy of your work which, as we have previously discussed, includes a reference to Father Joseph Dimech , a relative of mine, who assisted the soldiers at Gallipoli as a chaplain. Best wishes and kind regards Hon Anglu Farrugia Speaker MALTESE VERSION Is-Sur Frank Scicluna Konslu Onorarju ghal Malta f’ South Australia Ippermettili nghidlek prosit tal-ktieb li inti ppubblikajt bl-isem “Malta and the Anzacs — The Nurse of the Mediterranean” li jaghti informazzjoni siewja u dettaljata tal-irwol li Malta keilha matul l-Ewwel Gwerra Dinjija bejn 1914 u 1918 meta eluf Ia’ suldati gew mibghuta f’artna minn Gallipoli sabiex jiddewwew. Nixtieq ukoll nirringrazzjak talli ghogbok Igfiaddili kopja ffirmata ta’ dan ix~xogh0l li kif tkellimna meta ltqajna aktar kmieni din is-sena jinkludi wkoll referenza f’pagna 118 ghal Dun Giuzepp Dimech li huwa familjari tieghi u li kien qeda dmiru mas-suldati bhala Kappiilan fl-Armata. Inseili ghalik ' Onorevoli Anglu Farrugia L-iSpeaker MALTA AND THE ANZACS – THE NURSE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN Frank, today I bought the book you published about the ANZACS AND MALTA It’s a beautiful book and I would recommend it to every Maltese person here and in Malta. We are proud to have a person like you as a Maltese Consul of South Australia. Amante Dimech www.ozmalta.page4.me
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