FIRST GOLD STRIPES.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 11 September 1916, Page 2

FIRST GOLD STRIPES.

Standing at the corner of Trafalgar Square, London was a young subaltern of our New Zealand Forces, says the “Daily Mail.” An elderly civilian who was passing stopped and looked at him, then gravely raised his hat and. passed on. The subaltern icokecr surprised, but when the same idling happened two minutes later he became distinctly embarrassed. Just above the cuff on his left sleeve was a thin strip of g;old braid, and it was this which attracted the attention of many peo pie. The gold stripe denoted that this young man had fought his Empxre-s battles and had been woundecr. Though somewhat shy at the attention which had been paid him, the subaltern admitted that he was in a measure glad of it, because he deemed it only just that those who had borne the burden and heat of the day iu the firing line should have some distinctive mark which would be recognised by the outside world.