RIFLE SHOOTING
Prince Of Wales Cup To New Zealander
i By Telegraph—Press Association. I AUCKLAND. October 25.
'l’he Prince of Wales Cup for rille shooting at the famous Bisley range has been won by Company SergeantMajor A. J. Boag. a .member of the .Second Echelon, according to a letter received by his father. Mr. J. Boag, Auckland.
The cup was presented in .1908 by the late King George V. then Prince of Wales, for competition within the Empire, and this is the first New Zealand success. Sergeant-Major Boag. who is a married man with two children, lived at Edievale. South Otago, where he was a member of the rille club. He left New Zealand with the rank of sergeant.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 27, 26 October 1940, Page 12
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119RIFLE SHOOTING Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 27, 26 October 1940, Page 12
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