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Hokitika Guardian, 7 February 1923, Page 3

MR FRANK MILD. LONDON, Dee. 1. Commander Frank Wild, the explorer, who took command of the Quest, the filiaekleton-Rowett Antarctic ex]>e(iitioii ship, after the death of Sir Fi nest Slmckletini, has been married by special license at Reading Register Office. His bride is Mrs Granville Altman, widow of a Borneo tea planter. Mrs Altman's husband died in Vladivostoek, on the Pacific coast of Siberia, during the war. Cnahle to get home hy sen. Mrs Altman trekked from Vladivostok across Siberia and Russia, about 3,000 miles, to Archangel, where there was a number of refugees. She was met there Gy a party of which Commander Wild was a member, and he assisted her to get out of Russia. Later he met her again in London. The marriage, which took place on Tuesday, was kept a secret, the only person who knew about it being Mr .T. Kovert Nvho wt.s mainly responsible tor iinaiK-inp ibe Siiaekleton-Rowott expedition. Coin main lor \\ dd nnd his bride nro spending a brief honeymoon at Bournemouth.