PRISONERS IN TURKEY
NEW ZEALANDER'S LETTER. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED. (Per United Press Association.) WANGANUI, April 24. A letter has been received in Wanganui from Corporal F. J. Earles, who was taken prisoner at Gallipoli. He stated that during the past 17 months he had been confined at different places, but for the last year had been a prisoner at Belemdik, where he was engaged in doing labouring work and receiving the equivalent of 2s Sd per day, out of which amount he had to pay for food. Most of the prisoners had fever, and 28 Englishmen and one Auckland soldier had died. The Turkish authorities removed the rest to a better climate, and at present Earles was the only New Zealander at Belemdik, but three others were statiorj|d 15 miles away. He saw them occasionally. Corporal Earles adds. “New Zealanders get a few parcels from England, but none from the dominion. All are short of money, and some are ‘stony broke.’ The interned men suggest that fche patriotic societies should endeavour to assist them. Small financial assistance is given to all prisoners through the American Embassy."
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Southland Times, Issue 17919, 26 April 1917, Page 5
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186PRISONERS IN TURKEY Southland Times, Issue 17919, 26 April 1917, Page 5
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