ABSENTEE SOLDIERS
NEW ZEALANDERS IX ENGLAND. A cablegram from London, referring to tho departure of tne remaining New Zealand troops from tho tin.teii K'ngdoni. mentions thai "three hundred absentee* are scattered throughout (lie kingdom," These men havo been notified iliac they must irepart l to New Zealand JU>ul> quarters it' thoy wisn to sccure repatriation.
Some of the men referred to have been absent from their units for many month.--, and they may not intend to return to New Zealand. Technically they are deserters, but their oifenco is mitigated in many eases by the fact that tney did their duty while the war continued. They found civilian 'ittroßtious too mucn for them after the armistica iiad been signed. There are other men -who deserted from the New Zealand Forces at Home during the war, and have not yet been arrested. They wilt be brougut to book whenever possible.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 265, 5 August 1919, Page 6
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148ABSENTEE SOLDIERS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 265, 5 August 1919, Page 6
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