MOTAER'S QUEST OF SON

Otaki Mail, 1 August 1923, Page 4

MOTAER'S QUEST OF SON

| BOX l,f)SC.s ML.MOE't AT WAR. .V D V !'ll ' I U oi 'I HIT .M KJ ’ll' -M. "WRITE IWX DUNEDIN, i l>* N EDI X. .1 a l ' i. ),| : the i "lie dill | •<-•-! ofiiei , a pee ’ :i,: i ii• ei:: I.was lo !>•: urn the no • oil d to lip I ’OS! • ’l!:e. am Inn HII »<' ” 1 "f" ' ' been put ill Tank and • box .. mistake lb "bseiv. ■!. how. v. r, Hu the address bore Hi- emi- ct numb.; * Ol tie box. so be glam ml ;■> 'he no , sage to si e it it vvoilhi yield any hiu ns t. ij wlium It was hit * r l.« 1 ♦-?• 1 !'<*! • ' Tills p<. : li.w.-i! iij£ .:•'* s*l i Jilin <>» ; hli 111 ;! ni ?rt iin u -rounds. ’i’ii*- . i was* a .SyOivy nioUfi*. wlu» w-- male * J .Marshri.il. who in <* W*..' ' | Australian regiment. and was reported to have beefi injured am | taken prisoner. Enter on !m vvm j posed to have got tO l.'U I•ed I !V. ill I j shall, pointing' u"! Uiai. her postj i d hod evident.!:, been re-m to a j w.-»ii:g address. Inn asking vviii.-il'M i ■ l.e iniil.i help in ■"iV way by ma.kiir.: t inquiries. . STEANHE ANU ITri'd'U.- ST''EY Tie- answering letter sviit Hon "Kuorah," :;z .Shadforth .'fieri, -Mos man. Svilm-y. dated April 17. is a; follows: "1 received the lei ter yen kindly wrote me when 1 was slavin', u Koval Hotel, Watson JJay ; Regarding n.y or Frank .Marshal ■I in. I I owe VOU SOI lor ipidi'CssiiU' m;. postcard to box i > .My son Frank was in Hie. .Visi WeAustralian Battalion, and was wound - led j;; ijn- he,-. 1 and tala a prison*--'of war. Two of his companions wet ! with him. and when the-;, came bar -to Western Australia they called upo imo and expected to see my son. Tie ! 1 ohl me that after tjicv vvtp- tak-u : | hospital in Germany my son neve i talked when asked questions. Jt *sa id, don't know.' They took n } notice ol this, thinking he was dolt j -10 to <ler r-iv.. Hie German guard? I Th- • piaimed to escape and took n j an with t.h<-u-,. as they found tie hm ! forgotten ail about himself, and w;. j a; ’v-i; -- a.-kmt ti.efo his name j "They, all three, after a lot. o ■ !*.. rd'-iup. arrivi.-i in l-0.-idoii. The; u ? ] .a N Uir-rr. ami tiir-. pit ; j ti.-.-c-t round my eon's neck with hi i name and address, arid told hin j v-.,- ro go to th-- tnilimry. H? ■never arriv-d. ai;d the militarv ha'.' • uva; •• • ••. him mom tli&t day. H* wa - dressed ir, civilian clothes the-, borrowed ir. Holland. At aiffr:• times Wv sir: n Austialiai. boys hav •old in-: that they met him in London j but not one. seeing his condition, had j the kindness to take him to a military i hospital. "Ail these years i haw been h ifit.:;g f-r him. and .-.hull never Five up. 7 sc •• • ; tbsiin a.ll the j Engiisn yp n. with Vis protogr-ph, : ofl'eriug a : ■ .'a rd 1 had o letter j iron; on-, man saying that from hi.'I rmo’Ocwa I'--' thmA’-t id had bee: ! shipped to v- v Zealand. f adverI t.'sed in New Zealand, but tot no . answer. DEALINGS WITH MKDiUxr. i Then I thought of a medium. J jam a Scottish woman, and hav© e. certain belief ir. second sight. I i asked a medium, 'Where is my son. j Frank Marshall V" He replied: "Ho I pa.- ioi: England and has arrived in f Dunedin. New Zealand. 'A rite co.r / 12. G-.P.0.' Afterwards he called ■ back. 'I am not quite sure if No. 'l2 is right- 'out try ir. I can see him jin Dunedin. He is tali and dark, very dark eyes, looks very young.’ "My son was 22 when he left tor the front, but looked very young, about IS. He is a well educated, refined hoy, a devoted son a real mother's boy. arm 1 dread to think ; now Lt-. is being tr-cated, wandering . about th" worid '-viti. no memory, j Of course, from being u:?x.u.; m * civilian clothes, the military and ‘ Red Cross bud r.o way o; tracing .‘urn. 1 apoiogN" f tags long letter. I don't see how anyone car. help me, . but I thank you most stincerelv. t Signed) <■ W. Marshall." Mr Turner has been ■ icing every- 1 thing possible to help tills distressed mother to get on the truck r -.f her; a ftiicted son. and is now placing ail H.e facts within hi? wiedge in ’he sion of the military police. :: ' rrr ' r j