REPORTED DESERTION TO THE ENEMY.
BY A NEW ZEALAND SOLDIER
The following unpleasant statement was made to a Post reporter by the Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey to-day: — "Information has been received that- one of our men is believed to have deserted to the enemy. The man's name was such as not to give any indication as to German origin, and no suspicion was aroused by him prior to the date he disappeared. Until detailed official confirmation of the truth of the present report, has .been received, the man's name'- ; w.iil not be disclosed. This is being done in order to-prevent possible injustice to the parents resident in New Zealand, should the report on investigation prove unfounded."
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 3023, 18 August 1916, Page 2
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