RETURNED SOLDIERS
ANOTHER DRAFT REACHES AUCK- ,..,,. ... , ..LAND. ,
(II TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCUTIOH.)
AUCKLAND, 12th June.
•Draft No. 16& of invalided soldiers arrived to-night. Many of the men have been, severely wounded, having taken part in the recent fighting when the New Zealand 'Division was • thrown into the gap-north of Albert- .-There are a.number of^c'ot, cases',, but raUny. picked up on the voyage, which was uneventful except for-one death, Private P. Rameka, of Bay <of Islands, dying at sea. Several officers and men wear decorations, among them Lieutenant Samuel Frickleton, V.-Cv, of Greymouth.
The Wellington and Southern portion of Returning Draft 166 will arrive at King's Wharf; Wellington,' at-7 a.m. on ■Saturday next.- Only those holding next-of-kin passes will be admitted to the. reserved' enclosure;'
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 140, 13 June 1918, Page 8
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122RETURNED SOLDIERS Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 140, 13 June 1918, Page 8
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