NAVY AS MIDWIFE
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AUCKLAND, Mar. 9. For tke first time since the Royal'i New Zealand Navy was formed, a baby was born in one of its vessels. Late on Saturday afternoon a boy was delivered wkile the harbour defence motor launcli was dashing from H.M.N.Z.S. Tamaki at Motuihi Island to Auckland to bring his mother, Mrs. Thorpe, wife of Warrant Officer J. ' M. Thorpe,' R.N.Z.N., to the maternity hospital. The naval surgeon at H.M.N.Z.S. Tamaki was in attendance in the launch.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 March 1947, Page 3
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85NAVY AS MIDWIFE Chronicle (Levin), 10 March 1947, Page 3
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