NEW ZEALAND PILOT
IN BROADCAST FROM BERLIN WELL TREATED AND IN GOOD HEALTH AUCKLAND, September 15. In a broadcast beard by radio from the German station about 12.30 to-day, the speaker said he was Pilot-officer L. H. Edwards, of Patea, who was reported to be the first New Zealand casualty in the war, having been brought down in the British air raid on Wilhelmshaven. The broadcast was heard by Mr E. Greenhalgh, an engine driver, of Grey Lynn He heard the German announcer? speaking in English, say that Pilot-officer Edwards would broadcast to tell his people in New Zealand how well he was being treated. Pilot-officer Edwards then spoke, saying he was calling New Zealand to assure anyone who heard him that he was being well treated, his only inconvenience being that he was under armed guard. He spoke for a few minutes, but owing to poor reception it was difficult to hear all he said, except his reiteration that he was perfectly well.
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Evening Star, Issue 23372, 15 September 1939, Page 10
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164NEW ZEALAND PILOT Evening Star, Issue 23372, 15 September 1939, Page 10
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