VIEWS ON WAR

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 April 1946, Page 9

VIEWS ON WAR

FATHER AT SON’S COURTMARTIAL'

The extent to which a father’s attitude to war could be reflected in his son was an issue raised at a district court-martial in Auckland when Private Douglas Ross Teale was charged with desertion and with losing by neglect equipment and clothing valued at £l5/3/4. The evidence showed that Teale, who is aged 26, was attested in May, 1941, served in Fiji, and absented himself without leave from Ngaj.uawahia from May 1, 1943, till April 8, 1946, when he surrendered to military police at Auckland. . On behalf of Teale his father, Douglas Teale, said he himself served in World War I and lost the sight of one eye. As a result of hi? observations after the war he considered the treatment of returned men was most unfair and unjust He was firmly convinced that this war, like the pievious war, was “an international racket. His views held, been i'eflectecl in his son, who was brought up in an antiwar atmosphere. He tried to dissuade his son from enlisting but he strongly disapproved of his action m absenting himself from camp. Teale pleaded not guilt. the court’s decision will be promulgated later.