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Colonel John Ward, the navvy's 11.1'., hero cf the sinking transport on which the Middlesex battalion, ot whic-h he in command, sailed, _ has won freso recognition of lis soldierly qualities. A representative the ''Daily Chronicle was informed that- Colonel \\ ard was in command of an Allied force which as reported recentlv was temporarily heiu np bv Bolsheviks at Zirr.a, on the Ussuri front, whilst traveling west on the Trans-Siberian railway. Co one! Ward occupied the town and ran v, ay station, proehtiined martial law, and arranged for the safety of his loree and maintenance of order. It was onlj later that he discovered that the railwaymc-n who had held him up. and taken possession of the line and town, were acting in conjunction with a Bolshevik ioree scattered through the surrounding country, waiting their opportunity io strike/ '

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19190117.2.8.4

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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16423, 17 January 1919, Page 2

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137

Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Press, Volume LV, Issue 16423, 17 January 1919, Page 2

Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Press, Volume LV, Issue 16423, 17 January 1919, Page 2

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