RETURNED SOLDIERS AND NURSES.
ARRIVAL IN AUCKLAND By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. A contingent of 232 soldiers and two nurses arrived in Auckland to-day. Twenty-four of the officers are returning on duty, but the remainder of the contingent are invalided. The ports of destination are: Auckland, 3 officers, 08 men; Wellington, 22 officers, 72 men, and two nurses; Lyttelton, 1 officer, 28 men; Port Chalmers, 39 men.
There are four military medallists— Lieutenant Hugh Perkins, of Christchurch, who won the medal when in the ranks; Bombardier William Brown, of Dunedin; and Sergeant Edward Fox, of Auckland. The D.C.M. is held by Sergt. Frank Holden, of Napier. Two officers and one private have been recalled by the authorities for munitions work. The southerners leave by special train at 10 o'clock to-night.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1917, Page 4
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