NEW ZEALAND'S SHARE.
A report has been prepared by Colonel C. M. Gibbon, Chief of the General Staff; , on New Zealand's war Effbrt in the despatch of men for service abroad. Th« € report will be a complete summary'of 'M the work of raising and training; th«/p Main Body and the reinforcements, withi-jj statistics where they are needed. It will show that the Dominion actually sent "^ abroad for lervice 9.2 per cent of its j population—men, women, and children: v This reckoning takes no account of the men in camps—about 13,000 in all—when the armistice was signed.. Counting tkese other men under arms the percent- if age would have been considerably over'»** 10 per cent. '*-
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 January 1919, Page 2
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114NEW ZEALAND'S SHARE. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 January 1919, Page 2
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