UNFIT MEN DISCHARGED.
DETAILS OF INJURIES
DUNEDIN,-Sopt. 28. Ji is understood that nearly 50 of the men who returned by tho Willochra, after .spending some time in hospital in England, received their discharges today, being deemed physically unlit for further military service. ■ • Quartermaster-Sergeant Langlcy, of Papatnetof., was buried under a building in Franco, the result of tho burst-, izig of a high explosive shell. Ono oyo has' been •complotoly " destroyed, and the sight of the other is impaired. He is also suffering severely from shellshook. Private Potter, of Auckland, lias lost one leg, just below tho knee. Corporal McDonald and Private Fra'ser havo each lout an eye, Trooper Middloton ban lost an arm, and Private Hollo-way has lost his right arm.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3567, 29 September 1916, Page 3
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121UNFIT MEN DISCHARGED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3567, 29 September 1916, Page 3
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