PRISONERS OF WAR
( REPORTED "BELIEVED TO BE i DEAD!" j '.- | A' jpostcard - forwarded through the i Turkish Eed Crescent and. the Red Cross j organisation at Geneva, has been receiv- , fd by tho Defence Minister from a New , Zealand soldier now held as a prisoner of ' war at Constantinople. Tho card is sign- 1 cd "J. Harney, ith^Reinforcements." This 1 man lias been reported "missing," aiid 1 later "missing, believed to'be dead.'" His l message runs: "Just a few lines to let ] you know I am in hospital, and I am ] being very well cared for. Was wounded ' ■audi takenprisoner -on August 27. I , ivrote to the Agent-General for Now Zea- • -land, : London, ■ thinking it would be the bettor plan, as he could let the authori- 1 ties in Now Zealand know much sooner 1 ■ than I could, or at least I thought .so. 1 No doubt I •syould be mentioned amongst ] the missing,- so I thought it would be as well to let you know my whereabouts." j
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2641, 11 December 1915, Page 6
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169PRISONERS OF WAR Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2641, 11 December 1915, Page 6
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