INVALIDED TROOPS
ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE, Dec. 13. (Received Dec. 13, at 11.50 p.m.) A hospital ship from the Middle East has reached an Australian port with more than 300 invalided Australian and New Zealand troops The majority are reported to be suffering from common ailments caused by hard living in the desert camps and a percentage from shock. The night before the ship reached Aden four squadrons of Italian aircraft flew over the vessel. They dipped in salute when the floodlit Red Crosses on the poop deck were spotted.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24481, 14 December 1940, Page 12
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90INVALIDED TROOPS Otago Daily Times, Issue 24481, 14 December 1940, Page 12
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