RIMUTAKA ARRIVES
Service And Civilian Passengers (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON. Sept. 24 A small repatriation party of New Zealand servicemen and their dependants arrived to-day by the Rimutaka and were welcomed by an official party headed by the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F Jones). Tire draft consisted mainly of R.N.Z.A.F personnel, their wives and a number of children, but there were also naval and army personnel aboard in addition to about 70 civilian passengers for New Zealand Included among the R.N.Z.A.F. personnel W'ere Squadron Leader i D. F. Hayter. D.F.C and Bar. a New Zealand hort service commission pilot in the R A F who had a distinguished record in the Battle of Britain and later was employed on special duties in Turkey Two widows of New Zealand airmen each with a child were among the party.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23314, 25 September 1945, Page 6
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136RIMUTAKA ARRIVES Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23314, 25 September 1945, Page 6
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