"MISSING" AUSTRALIANS.

Taihape Daily Times, 17 June 1919, Page 5

"MISSING " AUSTRALIANS.

FIVE THOUSAND UNTRACED. LONDON, I\:[zly 21. , General Sir John Monash has ordered the gathering in of the -odds and ends of the A.11\~'«l.'.).'9l1i11I1. froops, who are .~;c:).ttered in ones lzynd twos in all directions. l'.l‘lle books of the battalions Show over 5000 men in other units who have nof yel; been discovered, This is probably due to the extra. regimental dllpl,icati.olls_, dating in many cases from _the.e.zu~lies:t stages of I_;he war. General 2\':lona.=.ll hepos that nfosts of these have ::.ll'ea«ly l.)oen rep:l’rl'i:lte(l, through the lzitesf unitslto whicll they were attached; but hundreds are reported to be in cOnce.alment in Ireland and America. Many will probably never again be (liscovered. To-day the remainder of the Australians in l‘lllglmx<l and France, including the 5000 umliscoverables, is 73,000. Ships available to June 30 will accommo«_la’r‘e $6.000.