RELIGIONS OF SOLDIERS
. AN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE RETURN. , A return laid on the table of the House of Representatives yesterday shows the religious denominations of the men who have left Son Zealand with tho Expeditionary Forces up to and including tho 25th Reinforcement. The total accounted for is 70/45; their religious denominations being as follow:— Church of England 32,760 Presbyterian 1(5,431 Roman Catholic 8,711 . Methodist •.".:. ' 3,062 Wesleyan 1,311 ' V Baptist 822 . Protestant .............. 016 Congregational '. 397 Salvation Army ...:. 272 '■• Church of Christ. 190 Plymouth 'Brethren lifl Lutheran 115 Jewish ..: ;............ S3 Mormon 53 . Nonconformist 50 Agnostic ; 47 Unitarian 39 . * Freethinkers .......... .:.. .30 . Atheist 19 There wero also 12 Spiritualists, 12 Theosophists. 10 Rationalists, 9 Seventh •Day Adventists, 9 Episcopalians, '7 '. Quakers, G Christadelphians, 3 Greek, 2 Independent, 1 Deist, 1 Hindoo, and 4515 not stated. '■■ .' ' '
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3189, 13 September 1917, Page 4
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