HIS HAND TO THE PLOUGH.
One of the last soldiers of the Second Echelon, N.Z.E.F., to embark at Wellington (according to a Press Association correspondent) was a man who had special leave enabling him to go aboard at midnight. The reason was that his daughter had died only a week previously, and he was offered the chance of remaining behind and sailing with the Third Echelon. He refused, and after remaining ashore with his bereaved wife as late as possible, sailed with the unit he had originally joined.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 146, 21 June 1940, Page 5
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88HIS HAND TO THE PLOUGH. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 146, 21 June 1940, Page 5
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