HEADQUARTERS TWINS
FAENZA, December. 22. Two young Italians now almost three days old have to thank a group of New Zealand members of the 25th Battalion, for being born in a comfortably furnished house instead of in a dugout. The night before the latest big attack north-west of Faenza, men of the battalion mortar platoon in position in the forward area found a woman sheltering in a dug-out from intermittent German shelling. How long she had been there they did not know, but the place was filthy. The woman was helped into a truck and driven to battalion headquarters, situated in a substantial country house some distance away. Here she was installed in a comfortable room and the battalion medical officer stood by for developments. His services were not required, however, as an Italian doctor, hastily summoned, arrived in time to greet not one but two babies when they made their appearance, about two hours after the mother had reached the house. Both were boys.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 December 1944, Page 4
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