HOSPITAL SHIP ARRIVES
AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z.
TROOPS (Received December 14, 12.30 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, December 13. A hospital ship from the Middle East has reached an Australian port with more than 300 invalided Australian and New Zaeland troops. Most of them are reported to be suffering from common ailments caused by hard living in desert camps. Some are suffering from shock. , , The night before the ship reached Aden lour squadrons of Italian aircraft flew over the ship. They dipped in salute when the floodlit red crosses on the poop deck were spotted.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23203, 14 December 1940, Page 12
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