A LUCKY CAREER.
i VISIT FROM PRINCE OF WALES. I Mr IV. 11. Field, member for the dis- | trict, expects-that his sou. Geoffrey, , who has been on active service for a I lengthy period, will arrive home in the ! near future, though he has not had j definite news as yet of his . leaving i England. Writing to his parents rej c-ently, private Field said:—“l have certainly beeii marvellously lucky dmI ing my career as a soldier, for I have ! come unscathed through very severe I lighting. 1 was fortunate enough to take part in Iho .finish, when we fired ] our Inst few shells into Hie outskirts of iiaumilUt, near Maugougn, and since I have had the unique experience oi'j.be Icing irek of nearly 200 miles across France and Belgium, from . f.'intibriii to Cologne. Now that my term of garrisoning the Rliiiujnnd towns has come to an end, i shall be happy to return
Just before writing this- it:lei, Private Field ,and bis mates had had a \ Lit from the Prince ot V. ales, who came,into their billet, ami. sitting on an old box, had a long and friendly chat with them. Private Field said tlio Prince was very boyish for his years, and in appearance, and was entirely without affectation. He spoke in terms of high appreciation of the work of the New Zealanders.
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 25 April 1919, Page 3
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225A LUCKY CAREER. Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 25 April 1919, Page 3
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