DESERTED TO THE ENEMY.
FATE OF PRIVATE NIMOT. [BY TELEGRAPH—SPECHAL CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The desertion of Private Nimot to the enemy was referred to in a question addressed to the Minister for Defence by Mr. V. Brown, Napier, who suggested to Sir James Allen that he should withdraw his former statement that Nimot was "an honourable prisoner of war." Sir James Allen replied as follows:—" Private Nimot was originally reported to have deserted to the enemy. Shortly after he was officially reported by the American Embassy in Berlin to be a prisoner of war. Latest advices are that he is still so held. A Court of Inquiry, held in France in December of last year, found that, in spite of the fact that he was a prisoner of war in Germany, it was considered that Nimot had deserted to the enemy. No further action as regards gazetting is at present considered necessary. Nimot will be duly tried by courtmartial under the Army Act when recovered at the end of the war.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16583, 5 July 1917, Page 6
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