TO GO TO DUNTROON
The names of ten young men who have undergone a course at an ArmySchool of Instruction and have beeni* selected as the 1943 entrants fromNew Zealand to the Royal Military College at Duntroon, Australia, were announced last night by the Minister' of Defence (Mr. Jones). They are: Richard Stanley Harris (Nelson);lan James Hellyer (Haveiock North);' Peter William Frank Joplin (Welling- * ton); Joseph Stewart Manning (Christ-•" church); Stanley Redvers McKeon (New Plymouth); Bruce Poananga; (Tikitiki-o-rangi, Ruatoria); RalphKenneth Grey Porter (Auckland); Wil-. liam Alexander Simpson (Wellington;* Robertson Harvey Smith (Wanganui);" Maxwell Tebutt (Whangarei).
Bruce Poananga, who is the first; Maori to go to Cuntroon, did some 4 thing to make a name for himself on;'. Wellington playing fields last year. Hisl, first appearance was at the Basin Ref| serve on Easter Saturday, when he put up a brilliant bowling performance in, the colts cricket match between Mana-. watu and Wellington. Playing for the": visitors, he took seven wickets with his' fast bowling, and did the hat trick in/* the process. He also caused the Wellington boys a lot of trouble when a return match was played at Palmerston North on Easter Monday. Towards the end of last Rugby season he appeared. in three matches as a member of the Poneke-Oriental senior team, playing at wing-three-quarter.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 24, 29 January 1943, Page 4
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