“HOME’S THE CAPER”
Airmen Leave Bougainville In Wahine Official RN Z A.F News Service BOUGAINVILLE. Sept. 27. Hundreds of smiling New Zealand airmen lined the rails of the Wahine as she steamed out of Torokina Harbour this afternoon. They cheered loudly when a photographer circled the ship to take some parting “shots” as they looked at Bougainville fox- the last time. “Home’s the caper,” they yelled. The Wahine is equipped with various facilities for the comfort and entertainment of the men during their seven-day trip to New Zealand. A refrigerator weighing two and a half tons was installed in the ship by R.N.Z.A.F. technicians during the six hours she berthed at Torokina. Hundreds of cases of soft drinks went aboard as well as practically the whole of the Bougainville supply of chocolates and peanuts. Tlxe Y.M.C.A. was represented on board and also representatives of the rehabilitation equipment. pay and medical sections. “That, was organisation lor you." said the captain of the Australian launch when he brought correspondents ashore. “That ship had no sooner anchored in the roadstead than men and equipment were loaded aboard." The Wahine is expected to reach Auckland on October 4.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23318, 29 September 1945, Page 4
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