NEW KECE^ITS
NAVAL TRAINING:
Selected from a .large numbei' of applications. from- all. pasts. : ■ of: the 'Dominion, fourteen irew? seameg boys (New. Zealand Diyision) Vere" ienl-olled last week on the training ship-Philomel "at the Devonport naval. ;base, ' ieportai the" Auckland Star./' After onG:yfiar'a training- on the vessel the boys, wall be drafted' to ; ■ one or" other x>£ ; .the ±v/o>: Dominion cruisers for spaVservicei':
Before being finally. Accepted, the boys", whose; age's a*e\betw:een ; 'isi and. lGiyearsj had to pttss;:exaetin\g medical and. educational iests.*';O£ ; ihe ; f purteeu recruits' seven are-.;£rom>iiie %ucl£lana military area, three: £roni ,Chri's'tchurehj two from Nelson,, one from. -llamilton< and one from New Plymouth^ .!•. -'".''.';-: With the new reeruits,th"ere'are dots; 29 boys on. the .Philoniel,-. Of this inim-i ■ber three wireless ;boys' VrUlvb&trans-i ferred to the flagship-Dnnedii; £o? seat service on June 15.' Twelve ptbi'ers,'^rha joined the-ship last September,; will be drafted to the cruisers on .'completion! of their one year?3:.-t.erni,.andVin".their^ place 16 recruits .will.be.enrolled-in the* same month. Pour of theVboys/to be taken, on n^xt;.Septem^er-^J'..£e .'signal boys,^, who will eventually, be^ drafted to the^signal branch rof the-seryfc^.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19340512.2.156
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1934, Page 15
Word Count
177NEW KECE^ITS Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1934, Page 15
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in