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SHARED THAMES CAKE

REUNION AFTER 18 YEARS BROTHERS-IN-LAW MEET Trooper T. N. Stratton, of Thames, who is now serving with the Second N.Z.E.F. in Italy, heard that his bro-ther-in-law, Private R. Ackroyd, who is with the British Army, was about 200 miles away, so Trooper Stratton travelled that distance to meet him. He took with him a cake he had re ceived from his wife- at Thames, and the two men shared the cake. They had not met for 18 years.

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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32425, 1 May 1944, Page 6

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SHARED THAMES CAKE Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32425, 1 May 1944, Page 6

SHARED THAMES CAKE Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32425, 1 May 1944, Page 6

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