The advice, 11 don’t give the baby a war name,” revives memories of Chas. Bigncll’s song during the Boer War. Chorus was:— The baby’s name is Kitchener, Carrington, Methuen, Kekewicli, White, Cronje, Plumer, Powell, Majuba, Gatacrc, Warren, Kruger, Capetown, Matching, French, Kimberley, Ladysmith, Bobs, Union Jack, Fighting Mac, Lyddite, Pretoria, Blobbs.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 186, 7 August 1941, Page 5
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