MAORI DESERTER
Thirty Days’ Detention (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Sept. 9. Tire sentence of 30 days’ detention imposed by a court-martial on Private Harry Robert Bowman, a member of a Maori Reinforcement, who pleaded guilty to a charge of desertion while on active service, has been confirmed by Brigadier Bell and promulgated at Papakura camp. The charge was that he deserted from a troopship hi Wellington on June 27 and remained absent until apprehended in Lambton Quay on August 12 dressed in civilian clothes. In defence it was stated that Bowman left the ship to visit his wife who was suddenly taken ill. The courtmartial sat at Papakura camp last Tuesday.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22064, 10 September 1941, Page 4
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