SOLDIERS SENTENCED
COURT-MARTIAL DECISIONS WhangareK March 19. Sentence of 90 days' military detention was imposed on Private William King, a Maori soldier found not, guilty by a Whangarei district courtmartial of desertion, but guilty of be ing absent without leave from November 6, 1942, until February 5, 1943. King also admitted charges of wilful defiance of authority by refusal to obey the commands cl a superior officer‘and resisting the escort arresting him. Found guilty of being absent without leave from September 21, 1942. until February 10, 1943, Gunner Noei Eric Johnson was sentenced to fa; days’ military detention.
Private William Hemphill, charged with desertion by being absent without leave from November 2, 1942, until February 16. 1943, was sentenced to 112 days’ military detention.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 67, 22 March 1943, Page 2
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124SOLDIERS SENTENCED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 67, 22 March 1943, Page 2
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