BIG DRAFT OF SOLDIERS.
ARRIVAL OP TRANSPORT AT - i AUCKLAND. v4t
(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) C AUCKLAND, May JjJ, ,:4. Transport No. 160 reached Auckiwjp this morning with 835 officers and 9 nurses, and 18 passenger*. This the largest draft to return for 60Jna r time past. The vessel mado a markably fast,run. Iho men on the whole look vety weUvK" There is a- percentage of maimed but there are practically no cot Tho general health of the proved ■ greatly on the voyage, was a particularly happy one. Anzac Day was celebrated : | ship, on which there were no 'fynt' j ( than 102 Gollipoli men.. " • The draft is commanded by ColomM Pluggo. of Auckland, and many decorated mon, including wearewJX: of l<rench and Italian docorationß. The , transport will be berthed morrow morning, and the men will leave by train at 7.20, a.m. ■.&]!§ A statement that 20D of the na% havo returned with wives is incorrect;® no mon- having done so. ist
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16214, 17 May 1918, Page 6
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