A UNIQUE RECORD
WAITAHUNA'S SACRIFICE,
What is perhaps a unique record in New Zealand was mentioned at a meeting held at Waitahuna (Otago), on Friday last Sir James Allen, Minister of Defence, made a : presentation ,to returned men and to next^of-kin of returned soldiers; and the Chairman announced at the gathering that 56 men had • gShefrom Waitahuna to tho front, and. of that number 38 had been wounded and 11 killed--49 killed, or wounded out of 56. The Minister remarked that he was proud to represent a district with such a record. He a<Jded that he knew his electorate as a whole was behind him in the great work he had undertaken as Minister of Defence, and it was that knowledge, that had strengthened his hand to go' forward with his work. • .
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 42, 18 February 1918, Page 8
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132A UNIQUE RECORD Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 42, 18 February 1918, Page 8
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