SOLDIERS "ADOPTED"
no DOMINION RELATIVES [by telegraph—press association] INVERCARGILL, Monday Two young isoldieni, members of the second echelon, who have no relatives in New Zealand, made a fortunate decision when they chose to spend their recent leave in Invercargill. They frequented the Returned Soldiers' Association's clu brooms, where it became known that they _ were'without relatives in the Dominion and _ two prp. minent Invercargill women immediately "adopted" them. Now the men will reenve parcels and letters from "home" and will know that someone isi taking an interest in their welfare.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23620, 2 April 1940, Page 8
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