HOSPITAL SHIP
ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA FROM' MIDDLE EAST. SOME NEW ZEALANDERS ABOARD. (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright) MELBOURNE. December 13. A hospital ship from the Middle East has reached an Australian port with more than 300 invalided Australian and New Zealand troops. The majority arc reported to be suffering from common ailments caused by hard living in desert camps, and a percentage from shock. The night before the ship reached Aden four squadrons of Italian aircraft flew over the ship. They dipped in salute when the floodlit red crosses on the poop deck were spotted.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 December 1940, Page 6
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