SIXTH CONTINGENT

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 133, 9 June 1927, Page 18

SIXTH CONTINGENT

ANNUAL. REUNION

nA£- tl1? twenty-sixth annual reunion of H ei?!f h H Ol! 1™ 861*' New Zealand Mountll aek he'd 'ast about 45 memDoinini i various parts of the Mr..Keg. Evatt (Lieut.-Colonel Commanding the Ist Battalion Wellington Iniantry llegmient) occupied the chair After the loyal toast, the chairman in proposing the toast of "Fallen Comrades," asked all present to stand in silence for two minutes in memory of the 104 mcmii. the., S.xth Contingent .who had passed to their long rest. Mr. Pierard then sang Stevenson's "Requiem,". followed by the playing of the "Last Post" by ■Bugler Allot, which conceded a very ! touching and impressive ceremony in honour of the fallen. I during the evening, Mr. J. Xinklater, M.1., expressed his pleasure in beinjr again amongst his fellow-members of the Sixth, and hoped that they would all be spared for many years to come to gather on one night of the year to recall memories o£ the veldt. Some of those ■ memories were always pleasing to recall, others were, perhaps, sad. All had their ups and downs in South Africa, just as the average person experiences to-day, but the happy incidents connected with the SixtK Contingent in South Africa would always remain in his memory. Mr. Andrew- Wilson, who had journeyed irom Invercargill to be present, related some of the fortunes and misfortunes which had befallen fellow "Sixers" whom he had met in recent years. Mr. Tim Murdoch urged all the "Sixers' to join the South African War Vet-" | erans Association, wbich was doing good work in visiting South African Veteranß who were unfortunate enough to be in hospital and also iv helping their dependants A feature of .the evening was the selections played by the Eastbourne Orchestra. Items by the following also helped to make the twenty-sixth reunion a very hanov oner-Messrs. Brockenshire, Burns; Pierard, Evatt, Horace Poole, and Wright. The great interest which is still maintained in these reunions of the Sixth Contingent was shown by the large number of telegrams and letters received from hpri° U\ parts °£ *¥ Domini°n from members, who expressed regret at their inability" to be amongst their old comrades at the