SAPPER’S DEATH
Second Echelon Member Advice has been received in New Plymouth of the death on active service in England of Sapper Oswald J. Jans, a member of the forestry detachment of the second echelon. Sapper Jans, who was 47 years of age, was unmarried. He was the second son of the late Mr. and Mrs. O. Jans, formerly well-known residents of the Stratford and Oakura districts. Sapper Jans also lived for some time at Oakura and Okato, but for the past 10 years he had lived in the King Country, where he was engaged in con-" tracting. Sapper Jans saw three years’ service in the last war.
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Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 22, 27 September 1940, Page 3
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108SAPPER’S DEATH Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 22, 27 September 1940, Page 3
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