SCOTTISH REGIMENT
A SECOND BATTALION
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUL October 11. - In accordance with the expansion of the Territorial force in New Zealand, it has been decided to form another battalion of the New Zealand- Scottish Regiment. The. existing battalion has detachments in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and these are in camp undergoing three months' ! training. The A Company (Welling- [ ton) is on Spriggens Park, Wanganui. | Under the new organisation detachjments in the North Island form the nucleus of the first battalion and those in the South Island the nucleus of the second battalion. Officers and n.c.o.s already in training with the Scottish Regiment are expected to be. selected to fill vacancies in trained personnel required for: new units,., the • rank and file of which will: be found from..balloted men. ; ■ •' ■"" : ■'''•■ Men of Scottish descent are expected to be given preference in selectionIfor the Scottish Regiment.;;. Selected Officers, and hiC.o.s of A Company, training in Wanganui j will-Undergo a special course of .instruction;•-in.Wellington to .qualify tiiem training .the; .'new ]company next year. . : ' .%-:^:
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 90, 12 October 1940, Page 8
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172SCOTTISH REGIMENT Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 90, 12 October 1940, Page 8
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