NEW ZEALANDERS.
VISIT "FROM THEVKJNG.
{Special—From 'the' Official War ' Correspondent.)
.December 1U
The other. : day the Division, pluti the Second New Zealand Army and ■the' Field Artillery. Brigade, coni-m-onced its march towards the Ge'rinai); frontier, moving by road. It will proceed by easy stages, with occasional halts of a few days. The Division'- h&S 11just 'been honoured byl a . visit frpjxv' ! the King, . vybo ''-was 'shown over -La ■Quesnoy by General Russell, and was greatly interested in s'tvidj;ing on tho: actual ground the phui by which the; old frontier fortress town '.wag recaptured in the. last days' of .the war. At present 1 :n'n lying, ill in','tb©; casualty clearing station, and am 1 tuls able to accompany the Division, but' JO :havo arranged for tß'e cabling of anything important through .'ofiiciaif sources. ' :, : ■■■'."'.; ' *.';,■;•.",;■. It is -understood ■that' tho ;Division will . eventually, find itself in tho vicinity of Cologne. ' •; ' LONDON, Dec. 11. j A bar i:o = - the' Military Medal haw been awarded Sergeant I*. Pfendoil^ 'gast (First 'Aucklands)".; 1 -'': :> ;p / : . •"■•l
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9476, 13 December 1918, Page 5
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