SERVICE PERSONNEL

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23316, 27 September 1945, Page 4

SERVICE PERSONNEL

Two Large Drafts Due At Week-end (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 26. A total of approximately 5500 Second N.Z.E.F. personnel from the Middle East and the United Kingdom will arrive shortly in two large drafts, said the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones) to-day. The Strathmore witn 3963 personnel from the Middle East was expected to reach Wellington on Sunday and berth at the Pipitea wharf about 8 a.m., and the Dominion Monarch carrying 1462 personnel from both the United Kingdom and the Middle East was expected to arrive at Lyttelton and disembark South Island men on October 1 at 6 a.m. Immediately after the Strathmore berths South Island personnel will be transferred to the Rangatira which will make a daylight trip to Lyttelton, leaving Wellington about 10 a.m. and arriving at approximately 7.30 p.m. When the disembarkation of South Island men is complete, North Island men will be disembarked and dispatched to their homes by special trains and buses. The Dominion Monarch, after completing disembarkation at Lyttelton, will sail for Wellington, where she is due to arrive at 9 a.m. on October 2 and berth at the Aotea Quay. The men will disembark at 11 a.m. and men for other parts of the North Island will be dispatched to their homes by special trains and buses.