ESCAPE FROM NAZIS
CHANNEL ISLANDERS FORMER TARANAKI PEOPLE HOME AND BUSINESS LOST (By Telpgraph.—Special to Times) NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday A former Taranaki family was among the civilian population evacuated from the Channel Islands before the Nazi occupation of the territory. the first British soil to pass into German hands. They were Mr and Mrs R. Luxon, St. Helier, Jersey. and some of their children. Mrs Luxon has many relatives in Taranaki. Mr Luxon came to New Zealand before the Great War. Mrs Luxon is a daughter of Mr H. Buckle, of New Plymouth. Seventeen years ago they returned to Jersey, where Mr Luxon’s father was a considerable landowner. Mr Luxon followed the trade of cabinet-making. Cabled advice which announced their safe arrival indicated that Mrs Luxon had to close her house and Mr Luxon his business. They made their escape with only a few of their possessions. Two of the* older sons served with the British Expeditionary Force in France.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21160, 9 July 1940, Page 8
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