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General Kippenberger (Received May 7, 10 p.m-) LONDON, May 6.. One of the highest-esteemed figures in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and a man who has been in the thick of almost every action fought -by the Second Division has arrived here by hospital ship from the Mediterranean. He is , Major-General Howard Kippenberger, who led the New Zealanders into the fierce fighting at Cassino, where he was seriously -wounded. When General Kippenberger’s hospital car was shunted into one of London’s railway stations he was given a surprise •welcome by'a small gathering of New Zealand Government and military leaders. As soon as the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, heard of the general’s expected arrival, he postponed another engagement and went to the station with Mrs. Fraser and the High Commissioner, Mr. Jordan. Lieut.-General Puttick, Brigadiers B. S. Park and J. Hargest, and other service and Government officials were also in the party. General Kippenberger looked well and said he had had a comfortable journey from the Middle East. He has come here to receive final treatment in one of the finest military hospitals in the country.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 188, 8 May 1944, Page 5
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187ARRIVED IN ENGLAND Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 188, 8 May 1944, Page 5
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