THE MERCANTILE MARINE.
A WORTHY DECORATION
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, May 15/ Twelve thousand five hundred members of the ..mercantile marine have., been, killed during the war and their dependents receive £170,000' sterling yearly . His Majesty has approved * of the award of badges io officers, firemen, »aamen and stewards who continue to go to sea after being torpedoed or mined.. The badge will be. m this form of a torpodo worn on the left sleeve.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14607, 17 May 1918, Page 3
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77THE MERCANTILE MARINE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14607, 17 May 1918, Page 3
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