Mooltan Arrives With N.Z. Troops And Airmen

Northern Advocate, 20 December 1945, Page 6

Mooltan Arrives With N.Z. Troops And Airmen

(P.A.)

The Mooltan, with. New Zealand troops from the Middle East and airmen from the United Kingdom, arrived at Wellington today. The ship was delayed by fog at sea. “While some of the younger men are enthusiastic about the prospect of going to Japan, the older hands of the division ai’e not keen to volunteer and

WELLINGTON, This Day

are more interested in the prospect of getting home;”-said Major the Rev. J. S. Somerville, M.C.. who returned by the ship.

“With the cessation of hostilities, there is a tremendous difference in the division and time hangs heavily on the men’s hands. The spirit has gone out of things. The men are not looking forward to the prospect of an Italian winter.”

Among those aboard was' J. Courlander, who came otit in custody to serve a sentence of 15 years for aiding the Germans.

Mrs Upham, wife of Captain C. H. Upham, V.C., arrived in the uniform of the British Red Cross, in which she has been serving overseas, and was met by her husband. She went to France with a special commission shortly after the British landing and was the first woman to cross the Rhine after the hospital personnel.