58TH REGIMENT.
i My attention ha~ lieen drawn to a letter sisrned "Descendant* , in your iseue of the st-h inquiring when the detachment of the oSth Rejrimeiu umW O>lonel Wynyarcl came to Xew Zealand and by which ship. I: was the troopship Ann (Captain Thoml thai carried ti'P fr.rce to V : ,n DiemenV Land. leayiiitf ("ravo-t-ml mi January 10, IS4o. .ind arriving at Holiart .<n Mhv 1] of that year. J he detachment «ns then r.cnt to Xew Ze.-ihuid to take part in the war in N-.rth Auckland. t Thoujrh I havu no direct evidence, it was • undoubtedly tlie BomansM. a:. E.ut jlndiaman u>ed ac a trufiiw-liip and ivhu-ii arrived in Xew Zealand from Hobart on July 10. 1>45, ■that brought the detachment to th"-=e rO I t<^. ' iL BL WYN'YARD.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 191, 15 August 1939, Page 8
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13158TH REGIMENT. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 191, 15 August 1939, Page 8
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