N.Z. FORCES PERSONNEL
DRAFT TO RETURN ON THE ANDES (Special Correspondent—N.Z.P.A.) Reed. 6 p.m. London, Sept. 19. Nearly 19(A) New Zealanders will sail fur home, via Suez, in the liner Andes on September 23. Thev will ihclude 1500 members of the R.N.Z.A.F., the majority of whom are being repatriated alter serving in the European theatre. and 370 men of the N.Z.E.F., former prisoners uf war. There are still about ?.oo N.Z.E.F. former prisoners left in England, but. they are staying al I heir own request. About half that number are sludsing on allaihnienls or bur.aries whi-e ollieis .ire working in llv l-eriilcof Club. nosl. o.'uoe. and repatriation centre ia Kent, wiii'h is now being us-e as a inception group and Ira'”- ' Another big draft of R.N.Z.A.F. men is expected to leave England for New Zealand next month.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 224, 21 September 1945, Page 5
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