TRAVELLED SOLDIER
(N.Z.E.F. Official News Service) Cairo, Mar. 31. To have travelled 11,000 miles during leave periods between campaigns, visiting most countries in the Middle East, has been the experience of Signalman A. S. Helm, of Riverton, whose latest excursion included wanderings through Persia and visits to Damascus. Bagdad, Kasvin, Teheran, Isfahan, Khorramshahr and Basra.
This travelled New Zealander took Nairn’s bus across the desert to Damascus and Bagdad. Other steps of the journey were made by train, while he also hitch-hiked. In the Caucasus he encountered business-like Russian soldiers, who saw a New Zealander for the first time.
At Isfahan Signalman Helm met Musavvir. a foremost Persian miniature artist, who was taken to England to do work for the King and Queen. Many spots of historical interest were visited by Signalman Helm during his wanderings through six countries, and he covered 4000 miles at a total cost of £27.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 6 April 1943, Page 5
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