Tearful Brides Wave Farewell
H.M.S. DUNEDIN DEPARTS Per Presa AssociationAUCKLAND, Feb. 15. Tearful scenes were witnessed atftLui Devonport Naval Base this morning Yvhen th© cruiser Dunedin sailed for England. Many of her 400 officers and men were married in New Zealand, and there were brides of only a few days among the crowd that waved faro* j well. Several men who should have been aboard wero missing and the Yvarship sailed without them. With a seaplane roaring overhead and the crews of the sloop Wellington and the training-ship Philomel cheering dustily, the cruiser dinned out ol tho harbour ;
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 39, 16 February 1937, Page 7
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