CAPTAIN J. B. HINE, M. P.

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13658, 28 March 1918, Page 4

CAPTAIN J. B. HINE, M. P.

RETURNS TO NEW ZEALAND.

Captain J. B. Hine, M.P. for Sta^atford, has returned to Niew Zealand in charge of a ®aft of soldiers invalided home from the campaign in' Palestine. Captain Hine, who was second in command of the Second WeHintgon Squadron of Mounted Bines, left New' Zealand in Octaber, 1916, and since that time has been on active service in Ejgypt arid Palestine.' ' '

The brigade in whi^h Oaptain Hdne held cam<rna<nd few-med a portion of the Anzac Divisdo'n- (undea* Genera! j Gfiaytor), "which carried out the suc--1 oe4sfoil flanking movement north-east of 'Beersheiba, ending in the capture of the Sa,ba Redoubt. The fall of Beea-sheba took place the same evenmig. From that time* till the capture of Jerusalem, the New Zealanders advanced .acroiss the Hills of Judea, towards Sihairia, the latter position being evacuated, by the Turks immediately before the arrival of the Daxrainion troops. .;'Dujrin,g the 1 hea<vy fiightinjg on tlhe Judea Hills, i Caiptain Hine was severely wounded by slhrapnel in the lunig and in the I leg. He hias made an excellent recovery. Ca|pT;aan. Hine spear's in I higih term® of the soldierly qualities i shown by the New Zealand troops, who, he says, 'bore the hardships of the desert fighting most ', cheerfully. Speaikiinig jgenerally, they acquitted themselve ssplendidly.