DREAM CAME TRUE
N.Z. SOLDIER IS SAFE
A"n amazing coincidence, jjrobably without parallel in the history of New Zealand, is connected with the news that Corporal L. Tonkin, of Dargaville, is a jjrisoncr of war in Germany. Corporal Tonkin, a nephew of Mrs F. G. Hay ward, of Thames, was reported wounded on June 13. Further cabled news on July 22 stated that he was presumed to have died of w 7 ounds in Crete Advice was that a court of inquiry was being held.
More than 300 telegrams of condolence were received by Corporal Tonkin's parents. Then came a series of surprises. A close i'riend of the family told the father of a dream he had had. He had seen the "dead" soldier in a street in Dargaville. "II has all been a mistake! I will be with you this afternoon!" the soldier said. No significance was attached to the vision. But on Friday last came a bombshell. Official news, proving other reports to be wrong, arrived from Geneva. Corporal Tonkin was unwounded and a prisoner, it stated. Just how much faith can be pinned in overseas reports is illustrated by this example of bungling. Corporal Tonkin is well known in Thames, having visited the town on many occasions.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 167, 13 October 1941, Page 5
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210DREAM CAME TRUE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 167, 13 October 1941, Page 5
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