N.Z. SAILORS ENTERTAIN.— The matron of the hospital on the ’Falkland Islands where the injured heroes of the River Plate battle were taken describes in a letter to her parents , a Christmas Party, when New Zealand sailors put on grass skirts and danced round the wards. “They greatly delighted the patients, whose heroism, cheerfulness and patience make one realize what a lot of bosh is talked about the degeneration of the British race.” Only two died in hospital. The rest are well on the road to recovery. Very few will be permanently disabled.—(London).
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Southland Times, Issue 24057, 22 February 1940, Page 7
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