SPECIALIST UNITS
MEN SENT TO CAMP
MORE WELLINGTON
POSTINGS
Since the main drafts for the recentlyformed specialist railway, forestry, and engineering units entered the mobilisation camps a fortnight ago, the following additional recruits have been posted from the Wellington and Hutt Valley area to the units and camps stated: — TRENTHAM. 18th Army Troop.—B. T. Hansen, W. Smith. 19th Army Troop.—P. W. Byrne, R. Day, W. H. Howard, F. C. C. Jones, C. W. Thomas. 12th Railway Company.—J. St. Collier. Forestry Company (number of unit not stated). —M: L. Campbell. Army Troop (number of unit not stated).—J. P. Arthurs. . NGARUAWAHIA. 11th Railway Operating Company.— N. A. George, A. E. R. Watson. Railway Company (unit number, not i stated).—G. W. Brown, A. Garrood, R. IP. Hill, M. A. Mitchell, N. D. Pocock, A. Ji Stokes, C. R. Taylor, H. Warman. 13th Railway Construction Company., —W. Courteen, K. J. Pointon, N. C. Stitt. 16th Railway Operating Company.— R. J. H. Alexander, F. E. Anderson, L. S. Booker, A. C. Bowen, F. W. M. Christieson, C..A. .Dayies, C. H. Davis, S. Graham, R. F. Melrose* E. W. Mur-{ doch, C. A. E. Petersen, G. A. Spier, G. Stobie, C; H. Watt, S. A. Wingard.
17th Railway Operating Company.— N. H. Anstis, J. F. Black, T. V. Carpenter, L. G. Christie, F. O. Doran, J. B. Dunn, P. F. Francis, L. H. A. Gosden, W. J. Herlihy, W. L. Hutchinson, L. A. Jans, J. K. Jeffries, F. T. Kershaw,. H. Lee, A. F. Lonergan, P. D. Ralph, R. J. Renwick, J. Sharp, F, E. Stanbridge, W. H. Staunton, R. W. Teal, W. Warner.
Unit and camp not stated: W. L. A. Campbell. OFFICERS POSTED. ! Officers posted to specialist units in i Trentham Mobilisation Camp include t the following:— To 19th Army Troop.—Major C. Langi bein, Captain J. N. Anderson,. J To 12th Railway Company.—Captain !G. W. Nelson. To 15th Forestry Company.—Captain C. Biggs, Lieutenants C McManns, and H. E. Cross. I To 18th Army Troop.—Second Lieu- | tenant J. R. Concher. The following men from the 25th (Wellington) Battalion have been trans- j ferred to the specialist units, the first j four to the 14th Forestry Company, and the last-named to the 15th Forestry Company:—R. S. Hamilton, G. McKenzie. S. H. Neilson, J. Thomas, and W. Eyles. . -
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 9, 10 July 1940, Page 9
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381SPECIALIST UNITS Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 9, 10 July 1940, Page 9
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