THE SECOND ECHELON.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 75, 9 January 1940, Page 5

THE SECOND ECHELON.

ASHBURTON POSTINGS. TEN MEN ON THE LIST. The following further Ashburton recruits have been posted to the Second Echelon:— Infantry Rifle Battalion. (To Burnham.) Jack Noel Baker. Arthur Burgess. Cairn Hall Common. Victor George Healey. .. Robert Allan Lloyd. John Milne. Ralph Linton Tutty. Thomas Stanley White. Divisional Supply Column. (To Burnham.) Leslie Charles Whinham. Anti-Tank Regiment. John Richards. MAORI M'.P. ENLISTS. CHRISTCHURCH, January 8. There were 72 enlistments to-day, including Mr E. T. Tirikatene, M.P. RECRUITING AT AUCKLAND. SEVENTY ENROLLED YESTERDAY.

AUCKLAND, January 8. Enlistments for the Special Force continued steadily at the Drill Hall today. When the office closed more than 70 new recruits had been enrolled. The average age of the recruits was about 25 years. Throughout the day four medical boards were engaged. There were 16 doctors and four dentists, who passed about half the number examined as fit, and about 20 temporarily unfit. OTAGO QUOTA HALF FILLED. DUNEDIN, January 8. The recruiting staff at Kensington Drill Hall is being kept very busy again. During the last few days in particular there has been a steady flow of recruits, and the campaign has already resulted in Otago’s area finding half its quota c>f 400 men for the 2nd Echelon of the Special Force. Approximately 200 men have been examined and passed as medically fit for service overseas, and detachments have been instructed to proceed to various camps on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week. PENSIONER ANXIOUS TO SERVE. WHANGAREI, January 8. A pensioner, aged 77, called at tho Whangarei Defence Office, keen on enlisting and taking his place among the men of tho 2nd Echelon. During the last few days recruiting in tho North Auckland area has been better than at any period since the first week of’'the war. Toward a quota ! of 339, 7G men have been passed as fit, while 142 are to he examined to-mor-row