SOLDIERS' REUNION
TRIBUTES TO COLONEL SYKES
(By Telegraph—Press Association)
WELLINGTON', This Day. Members of the second army brigade of the New Zealand Field Artillery held a reunion on Saturday night at "which Lieutenant-Colonel Falla, who commanded it' from March, 1918, until the Armistice, presided. Great enthusiasm was displayed by these present, particularly when the name of Colonel Sykes, who was commander till March 1918, was mentioned. Every speaker took occasion to refer to him, and later on, a letter was read from the colonel stating that he had commanded three brigades since the war and none better than his first. He expected to be retired in .December.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 August 1928, Page 5
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107SOLDIERS' REUNION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 August 1928, Page 5
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