ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
PETONE DIVISION. In the coarse of a resume of tjie-year's operations contained in its annual report, ' the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas (Petone Division) states that the year commenced with 21 members and closed with 30. On 19th December, 1914, the following gained first-aid certificates: — First year: Messrs. Crowther, Hartley, Burke, Greenfield, Jenkins, Holgate, and Coles. Second year: Messrs. Baker, Kyle, and Medhurst. On 31st August, 1915, Messrs. Hamilton, Anslow, Johnson, Wilson, Martin, Halse, Andrews, and Chappie secured first-aid certificates for first year and Mr. F. Lockwood a third-year medallion. The number of cases attended to on the football grounds during the season was 18, as compared with 39 last year. Cases dealt with at other places were :— Government workshops, 23 ; Gear Company, 40; Ngahauranga Meat Co., 20 ; miscellaneous, 14 ; total, 115, as against 205 last year, a decrease of 90. The balance-sheet shows, curiously enough, that the receipts for the year were £29 3s 4d, whilst the expenditure was exactly the same. Reference is made in the report to the fact that Messrs. Hickey, Andrews, and Raistrick, three active members of ' the division, I were now on active service at the front.
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 82, 5 October 1915, Page 2
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196ST. JOHN AMBULANCE Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 82, 5 October 1915, Page 2
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