PARADE AT DRILL HALL

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 255, 24 July 1936, Page 6

PARADE AT DRILL HALL

Wellington Regiment MEDALS AND TROPHIES DISTRIBUTED Military pomp aud pageantry wcie in evidence last night at the Drill Hall in Buckle Street, when the Ist Battalion ot the Wellington Regiment celebrated visitors’ night, by a parade and distribution o£ medals and trophies. The pipe band, in kilts and sporrans, the military band in scarlet, and khakielad rank and file, stood stiffly to attention while the officer commanding Major E. M. Staee, E.D., accompanied by the second in command, Captain A. LGeorge, and the adjutant, Captain L». W. Andrew, V.C., N.Z.S.C., inspected the parade. The hall rang with the martial music, 'shouted orders, tramp of feet, and the drumming of heavy ram on the roof. After the inspection Major St ace presented the trophies from a table glittering with rows of shining shell-cases, vases, medals and shields. Later the visitors were provided with supper. The prize-list was as follows: — Trophies for Most Hours of Training. —lntelligence section: L/Corp. C. C. Campbell. Signal section: L/Corp. 11. W J. Nixon. Transport section: Driver N.' Mcß. Stewart. Military band: Musician If. Baker. Most Efficient n.c.o. or man.—Piper N. McLeod. Best Shot in Headquarters Wing.— Sergt. C. A. Borman 18-year Clasp to Efficiency Medal.— Sergt. C. E. James. 12-year Efficiency Medals. —A/C.S.M. S T. Meyers, Col./Sergt. T. Thornton, Staff/Sergt. E. C. Berry, Sergt. C. A. Borman, Sergt. W. B. Spence. Battalion Shooting Shield (for best shooting company).—D (S) Company. Battalion Shooting- Badge (for best rifle shot). —Pte. D. A. Rankin. Company Shooting Badges (for best rifle shot in each company).—Headquarters Wing: Sergt, C. A. Borman. B Company : L/Corp. I. Goldsmith. C Company; Pte. I. H. Hanlon. D Company: Coh/Sergt. L. J. Tompsett. B Company. —Most efficient section leader, L/Sergt. C. A. Baynes; n.e.o. or man with greatest number of hours training, Sergt. L. A. Yeates; n.c.o. or man with highest score in rifle and Lewis "un, L/Corpl. I. Goldsmith; most efficient L/coi-pl. or man: Pte. K. J. Fraser. C Company—Best miniature rifle shot, Pte. W. H. Sykes; n.c.o. or man with highest score in rifle and Lewis gun, Pte. I. H. Hanlon; most efficient n.c.0., Sergt. W. A. Irwin; most efficient private soldier, Pte. T. G. N. Carter. D (S) Company.—L/Corpl. or man with greatest number of hours’ training in each platoon: Town platoon, Pte. D. O’Donoghue; Porirua platoon, Corpl. J. D. Barclay; mortor platoon, L/Corpl. F. M. Stewart. . N.C.O. or man with highest score with the rifle, Col/Scrgt. L. J. Tompsett. N.C.O. or man with the highest score with the Vickers gun, Pte. A. S. Robinson. Four Years’ Efficiency Badges.—Pipet? find drums: Corpl. J. T. MacDonald, Corpl. J. Black, Corpl. L. Cronin, Dmr. F. Maloney; bugles, Pte. N. L. Brenner, Pte A. A. Knight; military band, Corpl. A. J. Tidmau, L/Cpl. W. Baker, L/Cpl. L. W. Smith; musicians, E. Baker, F. Baker, P. J. Barrow, W. E. Jeffreys, G. E Perry, T. 1). Rowell, J, E. Smith, M. Wilson; transport section, Drv. D. E. Gearin, Drv. R. N. Lawson, Drv. H. H. Williams; B Company, Corpl. C. A. Bay net’, Pte. L. G. Boyd; C Company, Corpl. A. W. McGechan; D Company, Corpl. D. R. Jamieson, L/Cpl. F. A. Reeve, Pte. 0. McCalman.