“DIGGERS’” REPATRIATION
LARGE NUMBER. BOOKED FOR AUSTRALIA. (Rcc. February 26, 5.5 p.m.)
London, February 25.
Under the decision to allow the repatriation of deserving “diggers,” despite the previous acceptance of their, discharge, thirty-nine bachelors have already embarked. The applications of 94 others, with 250 dependants accompanying them, have been approved, and these arc now awaiting berths, with the addition of nearly 600 fiancees, wives, and children of previously repatriated "diggers" bonked for Australia. The sum of .£19.500 has been advanced to 580 exsoldiers in England on account of their gratuities, including twenty <le c erving cases in which the full amounts have been paid. Owing to the continued trade depression, many are seeking repatriation. It is expected that the shipment of distressed ox-soldiers is likely to continue for some months. Cases are being individually investigated and passages taken as opportunities offer—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 132, 28 February 1921, Page 5
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143“DIGGERS’” REPATRIATION Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 132, 28 February 1921, Page 5
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