NEW ZEALAND TROOPS.
THE FINAL DRAFTS. London, July 31. The majority of the remaining New Zealanders and many, wives and families will embark during the next two months. The Corinthic will sail on 9th August with 800, including Generals Melville and Young; the Adolf Woerman, on 9th August, with 600, the Taimii, on 10th August, with 440, the Ajana, on 14th August, with 940, and the lonic with 800, and (he Wiliochra with 000, will sail later. Torquay and Sling will he the only remaining New Zealand depots, Walton Hospital is being closed. London headquarters will close in September. A small staff will remain until December. Three hundred absentees are scattered throughout the Kingdom, and a good proportion has responded to a warning that they must report to ensure repatriation.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2011, 5 August 1919, Page 3
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130NEW ZEALAND TROOPS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2011, 5 August 1919, Page 3
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