LIFE IN A CASTLE
PRISONER OF WAR PILOT-OFFICER L. H. EDWARDS (By. Telegraph.—Special to Times) HOKITIKA, Tuesday One of three pilots whom the Berlin radio purported to be interviewing in a short-wave broadcast after the first Royal Air Force raid on Kiel, Pilot-Officer L. H. Edwards, formerly of Patea, has written to a friend at Hokitika, Mr G. W. Thompson. Pilot-Officer Edwards, who was the first official casualty of the war, is interned in a castle. The airman states on a postcard that he is learning to play a saxophone and to speak French. “Life in the castle,” he adds, “is much the same, except that now summer is here we get plenty of outdoor exercise and sunbathing. There are no more Air Force officers here, but another naval officer off the Glowworm arrived two days ago and we were able to get news of England.” He mentioned that at that time he was rather out of touch with happenings in New Zealand. “One of the boys may even drop in on me,” says Pilot-Officer Edwards. “Not that I would wish this incarceration racket on anybody.” In conclusion he mentioned that he would like to hear of the doings of his friends. Pilot-Officer Edwards is a former Taranaki, Wellington and North Island Rugby three-quarter.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21227, 25 September 1940, Page 10
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214LIFE IN A CASTLE Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21227, 25 September 1940, Page 10
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