POOR WELCOME
GIVEN TO WOUNDED MEN IN WELLINGTON. NO PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF ARRIVAL. “We received a very, very poor welcome in Wellington. In fact it was so pitiful it deeply hurt most of the boys," stated Gunner W. D. Graham, a local member of the sick and wounded contingent. which landed in New Zealand recently, in an interview at the Ivlaste;Zm Hospital this afternoon. Gunner Graham observed that it was only natural that the men looked for a warm welcome when they recalled the cheers they had received when they marched through the city streets prior to departing overseas. He was appreciative of the local welcome, however, and expressed his gratitude for the visit by the Mayor and the president and other representatives of the Wairarapa R.S.A. “Few of the men’s relatives knew of the fact that they had boys in hospital,” said Gunner Graham. He considered that the fault lay with the military authorities. The men on board ship had received definite advice that they would bo detained in the auxiliary hospital in Wellington for a few hours after being boarded. In his case, although his leg was in plaster, he was detained for a week.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 July 1941, Page 6
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197POOR WELCOME Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 July 1941, Page 6
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