HEARS OF BROTHER AFTER MANY YEARS
AUCKLAND. Augusl IS. Followiug ihe Dominion-wide publicatioti oi' a Press Assoeialion message from London that his family had not lieard from him for voars, Mr. Douaiu Donaldson, brotlier of Clroup Captaiii L. M. Donaldson. eommanding officor or the Britisli Itigh speed development •flight, has been loeated in Auckland. Si tiee early in the wur he has been working xn a lactory. Mr. Donaldson suid lie was almost overeome with einotion when he read his brother 's niessage in the paper. He had eome to Kew Zealand witli ti draft oi: English publi'e
school boys to take up farming, 2U years ago. His niother, who lived at Selsey, England, not i'ar from Tranmere where Cfroup Captain Donaldson's flight has its headquarters, had wfitten to him from time to time until shortly after the evaeuatiou of Dunkirk in June, 19-10. In her Jnst lctter she mentioned that Croup Captain Donaldson had been awarded the Distinguished Service Order for work he did during the evacuation. Mr. Donaldson replied biit he had not heard ffom her since. » ■ j
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1946, Page 3
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