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FAREWELL TO TROOPS THIRD ECHELON SOLDIERS HAMILTON’S CIVIC GESTURE To-night an official civic farewell will be given in Hamilton to the district men who are serving with the third echelon and special units of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. The function will be held at the Drill Hall, Knox Street, at 7.30 p.m. All the soldiers in the district who are on leave are expected to be present and a large gathering of the public is expected to give the troops a worthy civic farewell. The Mayor of Hamilton, Mr H. D. Caro, will address the troops and the President of the Waikato Returned Soldiers’ Association, Mr A. J. White, will also speak.
At the conclusion of the addresses of farewell a presentation will be made to each of the soldiers by the Hamilton Women’s Patriotic Committee and the wives of members of the Waikato Returned Soldiers’ Association.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21188, 10 August 1940, Page 6
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151LEAVE ENDS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21188, 10 August 1940, Page 6
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