ON WAY TO AMERICA
ILL SERVICEMAN’S WIFE. (Press Assn.) AUCKLAND, Nov. 24. If Mrs Bingham, wife of William H. Bingham, ship’s cook, of the United States forces, had been Queen of England she could hardly have received more care and attention than she did following her arrival with two children from Wellington by train this morning. Tomorrow she will leave Whenuapai in a special PBY aircraft placed at her disposal by Admiral Paul Hendren, commander of the South Pacific area, on the first leg of her journey to America, where her husband is in hospital suffering from a serious eye infection. Mrs Bingham, who is not yet 20, was met at the station today by an officer of the United States Joint Purchasing Board, the pilot of the plane and a naval nurse. Accommodation in Auckland until tomorrow has been provided at the Americans’ expense. On the air trip the children will be cared for by the nurse, while special food also has been provided. “I’m longing to see Bill, and we hope all of us will be back again in New Zealand soon,” said Mrs Bingham.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 306, 24 November 1945, Page 6
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187ON WAY TO AMERICA Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 306, 24 November 1945, Page 6
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