LEVIN MEMBERS OF DRAFT WELCOMED
The last of the 2nd N.Z.E.F. personnel who left Italy direct for Japan, and have not since had leave in New Zealand, were included in the J-Force draft wluch arrived on the Dunera. The six local members of the returning draft arrived in Levin by bus at noon and were met by the Mayor, Mr. H. B. Burdekin, and | transport was provided for both them and their relatives by Messrs. F. D. Chainey, P. A. Peterson, C. isherwood and H. L. Jenkins. [ The arrival of the buses conveying northern personnel created considerable interest in Levin, and a large crowd soon gathered at the bus stop in Bath Street. Few compiaints were forthcoming from men interviewed. The [food and leave arrangements were still in need of imgrovement, they stated, but conditions generally had improved considerably. Discipline was becoming much stri^ter, and would be stili further intensified with the arrival of fresh troops. None of those interviewed this morning had any wish to j retum to Japan, , though many iadmitted they had enjoyed their period of service there.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 August 1947, Page 4
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181LEVIN MEMBERS OF DRAFT WELCOMED Chronicle (Levin), 27 August 1947, Page 4
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