Statements made in Melbourne recently : failed to confirm the statement of Colonel Sprin" Thorpe (tho well-known Melbourne doctor attached to tho Expeditionary Forces) that of the 6000 Australians who Jiave • married in England the majority have taken English bridea. One- officer, who claimed to have been in touch with Australians in England, etated that ifthere had been such a high rate of marriage between Australians and English brides, he would -have heard of it. He thought that the majority of such cases related to men •of English birth, who enlisted in Australia, and had taken their discharge in England,
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 20, 18 October 1917, Page 2
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