MORE GERMAN FLAGS
CAPTURE IN SAMOA CLAIM AT CHRISTCHURCH [by telegraph OWN correspondent] CHRISTCHURCH, Friday A claim of tho capture o.f two more German flags at Samoa has been made, bringing the total to eight. The new claim was reported to-day by a resident of Christchurch, Mr. L. H. Buchanan.
Tho two flags are said to have been taken by Private ' Harry Laurenson, brother-in-law of Mr. Buchanan, who landed with the advance party at Samoa in 1914. One flag was taken from tho Residence of the German. Governor in Samoa and tho other from a German pinnace.
A report from Wellington oil January 21 stated that there were three flags of which the authenticity had been established in the Auckland Museum, and that three other flags claimed to have been captured at Samoa had since been produced. A large flag taken from the Governor's residence, said Mr. Buchanan, was presented by Private Laurenson to Wellington College in 1914. A smaller flag, about 16in. by 12in., which was taken from the pinnace, had been in Mr. Buchanan's possession since 1914. This flag bore an inscription by Private Laurenson: "Taken from the longboat of the Governor of Samoa, Aifgust-September, 1914."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22949, 29 January 1938, Page 15
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