EX-NAVAL MEN

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 103, 3 May 1937, Page 8

EX-NAVAL MEN

; "K16465," an..ex-Navy! man, whose great-grandfather fought in\the Victory under -Nelson at Traf aigar, and whose grandfather and'father also fought for their -country,; writes, to "The Post" protesting against men,of the -Royal Navy, apparently being forgotten by speakers .at: public functions on' such occasions as Arizac Day and at other times,-when;'tribute is being/paid .to the war::dead. 11 The correspondent points out;.that he. was present at Jutland, - jor , which his prize-money totalled !5s Id, and that now he belongs to the Royal; Australian* Fleet Reserve, doing duty in the .capacity ,!of a Reservist when: :,the" Royal Australian Squadron: was in-New Zealand waters. ''I felt like only a 5 per cent, sailor," he says, "when, people seeing on my cap ribbon 'R.A.F. Reserve,' remarked, 'Oh, he's only a Reservist.' On Anzac Day, a day s" of remembrance of those who fell, not a wprd was. said about the -"ex-naval man; It was well for us that we"" had 'the noble Reserve Yin j 1914,. and'in.the^eveht-.of'another war j we. ex-naval men serving -in'; the : Reserve should not be forgotten, neither should the men of the Merchant. Service, for we :will again "do our; duty so that you: shall have freedom .and good things. On May 31,. the: anniversary of Jutland,- say a prayer fpr those who perished, and spare a thought for those who survived and are plodding along with the recollections of .Jutland and other little 'affairs' ever in their,; minds." . '