A FINE RECORD.
FOR THE POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. At the present lime the number of men from the Post and Telegraph Department actually on service at the front is 70(5, said the Postmas-ter-General (the Right Hon. Sir J. G. Ward) the other day. The number who are wailing to be called up j s 123—a total of 889 who have been released, or will be released during the next week or so. Up to the present the number of men of the department killed in action is 27, missing 7, wounded 43. Eighty-eight specialists of the department have been sent forward for special work, and are receiving half of their civil pay. One lady of the department has joined the nursing service, and six others have enlisted, and are waiting to be called up. The department will be sending this week some 33 skilled wireless operators., who will be required for special work.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 603, 15 January 1916, Page 2
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154A FINE RECORD. Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 603, 15 January 1916, Page 2
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