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PRISONER IN CASTLE

NEW ZEALAND AIRMAN LEARNING MUSIC AND FRENCH ~ One of three pilots whom the Berlin radio purported to be interviewing in a short-wave broadcast after the first Royal Air Force raid pn Ki®, PilotOfßcer L. H. Edwards, formerly of Patea, has written to a friend at Hokitika. Mr. G. W. Thompson. PilotOfficer Edwards, who was the first official casualty of the war, is interned in a castle.

The airman states on a postcard that he is learning to play a saxophone and to speak French. "Life in the castle," he adds, "is much the same, except that, now summer is here, we get plenty of outdoor exorcise and sunbathing. There are no more Air Force officers here, but another naval officer off the Glowworm arrived two days ago and we were able to get news of England." He mentioned that at that time he was rather out of touch with hap-, penings in New Zealand. * _ "One of the boys mar even drop in on me." snvs Pilot-Officer Edwards. "Not that f would wish this incarceration racket on anybody.", In conclusion he mentioned that he would like to hear of the doings of his friends.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23770, 25 September 1940, Page 11

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PRISONER IN CASTLE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23770, 25 September 1940, Page 11

PRISONER IN CASTLE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23770, 25 September 1940, Page 11