GLAD TO BE BACK
MORE SICK AND WOUNDED RETURN HOME ARRIVAL OF SECOND HOSPITAL SHIP Obviously delighted to be back again after their experiences in Greece and Crete and the Western Desert, more than two hundred New Zealanders returned home by the hospital ship Oranje, which I has been given by the Netherlands East Indian Government to the I Australian and New Zealand Governments for the transport of sick and wounded. Though the coming of the ship was kept secret, I word of her arrivel quickly flew round the city as she was sighted 'coming down the harbour, and by the time she berthed there was ia large crowd assembled on Aotea Quay. The First to go aboard were the Acting Prime Minister (Mr | Nash) and an official party, and in the ship's luxurious lounge the returning men were given a formal welcome. After that they gathered their kits—the majority of them were walking cases—and as each filed down the gangway his name was j announced over a loud-speaker and he was given a great reception by the crowd.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 10 September 1941, Page 7
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179GLAD TO BE BACK Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 10 September 1941, Page 7
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