WOUNDED NEW ZEALANDER.
RE Tin?ls' TO THE DOMINION
(Pi:k United Phush Association.) WELLINGTON, .Inly 11. The first Now Zealander wounded in action ha» ivturncd to Wellington, iri the person ol Stoker K. Sawkins, of IOLS. Pyramus, who arrived in the Corinthio yesterday. 110 joined the vessel at Capetown, suflerijig from a wound in the neck, caused by a |iii '<; of shrapnel shell. lie had joined the British land loivcs in Kusl Africa, and waa wounded while .skirmishing. As a result of the sea voyage iritokor Siiwkins now looks Ihe picturo of health. A dramatic incident marked his return. His first inquiry at the wluirf -was for his wife and baby, which was Ijoiti while he has been ;i\v;iy on uctivo pcrvico. Tho answer 11; received was "At tho Town Hall." The buby wjiei tho ccntnil figure in ;l coronation ceremony, hiivmg been oloctwl ba-by queen, and while her father was lmin<j welcomed at the ship s side by a few friends who knew of hie return, the ''Imbv rjueen" was receiving homage on tho Town llall stage.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16433, 12 July 1915, Page 3
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177WOUNDED NEW ZEALANDER. Otago Daily Times, Issue 16433, 12 July 1915, Page 3
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