Soldiers Injured
(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, Feb. 24. Three New Zealand soldiers were injured in action yesterday in Bien Hoa province, South Vietnam, an army spokesman said in Wellington today. They are:— Lance-Corporal D. M. Douglas, aged 24, married, of Matakana Island, who was treated for minor shrapnel wounds and remained on duty; Lance-Corporal A. A. Taipeti, aged 25, single, of Whakatane, who received shrapnel wounds to the head and has been evacuated; and Private P, G. Atkinson, aged 19, single, of Wellington, who was treated for minor shrapnel wounds and remained on duty. The injured were all members of W Company.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31922, 25 February 1969, Page 18
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