To Serve In Britannia
(N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, March 22
An officer and eight ratings of the Royal New Zealand Navy have been seconded for service in the Royal Yacht Britannia during the visit of the Queen Mother to New Zealand next month.
They will be flown to Fiji to join the Britannia on April 1 until May 5, when it leaves Auckland for Britain.
A spokesman said today that it was the custom for naval men to be seconded when the yacht was visiting a country on a Royal tour. Detailed for service are: Lieutenant 1. L. Bradley (Auckland), Leading Seaman K. P. Ferguson (Auckland), Able Seaman N. D. Graham (Wanganui), Signalman J. Ainsworth (Waitara), Engineering Mechanic D. A. Lee (Napier), Leading Cooks E. F. Bray (Murray’s Bay) and B. H. Monteith (Timaru), Cooks J. W. Butzbach (Blenheim) and G. L. Willis (Silverdale).
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31016, 23 March 1966, Page 20
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