GOLD STRIPES FOR THE WOUNDED.
Gold stripes, worn on the sleeve, aic now issued to ' British soldiers who have been wounded. Says the Daily il>»l of July 12: " Standing at" a corner of 'J rafalgar square yesteulay morning was .1 young subaltern o f our New Zealand Forces. An elderly civilian who was passing stopped and looked at him, then gravch raised his. hat and passed on. The subaltern looked surprised, but when the same thing happened two minutes later he becamo distinctly embarlasscd. Just dbo\e the cull on his left sleeve was a thin strip of gold braid, and it was thi« which attracted the attention of manv people. The gold stupe denotffd that this -young man had fought his Empire's battles and had been wounded. Though somewhat shy nt tho attention which was paid to him. tho subaltern admitted that he w is 111 a measure glad of it, bccausc he deemed it onlv just that thos# who had boine the buidcn and heat of the day 111 the firing line should ha\c some di&tmctivc maik which would bo lecogniscd by tnc outride woild "
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16782, 25 August 1916, Page 8
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186GOLD STRIPES FOR THE WOUNDED. Otago Daily Times, Issue 16782, 25 August 1916, Page 8
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