DESERTER ARRESTED
SMART WORK BY POLICE Acting on a military warrant receiA'ed at Whakatane on Friday morning, Sergeant M. Farrell and Constable F. M. Fuller effected the arrest of a deserter from the Nevi Zealand military forces early in the afternoon. It is understood that the man, a gunner in the artillery, was married on what Avas to be his final" leave. He then secured employment on a farm at Awalcaponga, where he Avas apprehended by the Whakatane police. He was held in custody over the Aveek-end and transferred to the Papakura camp on Mondaj 7, morning under military escort.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 160, 15 May 1940, Page 5
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100DESERTER ARRESTED Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 160, 15 May 1940, Page 5
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