THE DESERTER NIMOT.
“That lad was not responsible for his actions, 1 ’ said Mr J. T. M. Horhsby (Wairarapa) in the House of Representatives, in reference to the case of PrivateNimot, who is on record as having deserted from the New Zealand to the German lines. Mr Hornsby added that he knew from Nimot’s comrades, who saw him desert, and tried to shoot him before he got to the German trenches, that while they reprobated his desertion, they admitted frankly that for some time prior to his desertion he was subject to a greatdeal of menial 'torture, from remarks made to him about his Gorman origin. “His father and mother,” added Mr Hornsby, “are good old settlers in (he Wairarapa —upright, honest, industrious, peaceloving people who have a good name there. It has been a great cause of grief to them that the lad should have brought this trouble upon their name, and I ask members fo cease from further reference to the subject. The lad was mentally deficient, and not accountable for what he did. If ever he comes to trial by court-martial I am confident; it will be established that he was not responsible for what ho did.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1739, 21 July 1917, Page 3
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200THE DESERTER NIMOT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1739, 21 July 1917, Page 3
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