MAORI'S ROMANCE
SUCCOURED IN CRETE
ARRIVAL WITH GREEK BRIDE
When Corporal Edward Nathan, of the Maori Battalion, met little Katina Torakis, schoolmistress of the village of Srlavopoula, in the Kania section of Crete, to quote his own words, he was "all out." It was during those fateful days in 1941 when superhuman efforts were being made to remove the United Nations' forces from the island.
Young Nathan, a Nga-Puhi from the Dargaville district, was badly wounded Leaving Suda Bay, his hospital ship was bombed less than 300 yards from shore. With 56 others, the Maori swam ashore, but he was the only one to elude the German patrols. Suffering from head wounds, and a severe injury to his right eye (the sight of which he subsequently lost), he swam from rock to rock, then made tracks inland, to find succour m the village of Srlavopoula. TO BE SHOT AS A SPY. Accompanied by his 25 years old bride, whom he married only two and a half months ago, Gorporal Nathan returned by the Mooltan. For months,
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 148, 20 December 1945, Page 8
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176MAORI'S ROMANCE Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 148, 20 December 1945, Page 8
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