PAPAKURA COURT-MARTIAL
SENTENCES ANNOUNCED. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, September 18. The sentence of the court-martial which sat at Papakura camp last week to hear charges against a member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force and two members of the New Zealand Military Forces was promulgated to-day; ' : ■ Aircraftsman (first-class) R. yG. Walker was sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment without hard labour, and was ordered to be dismissed from His Majesty’s service with ignominy. Private A. F. Johnson, 24th (Auckland) Battalion, was sentenced to 14 days’ detention. Gunner 1 J. Croft, 9th Heavy Regiment, New Zealand Artillery, was sentenced to 30 days’ detention. The three men were jointly charged with using violence to their superior officer, creating disorder 1 to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, striking the person in whose custody they were placed,’and committing a civil offence, assault. In addition, Aircraftsman Walker 1 was charged separately with wilfully injuring public property, and with conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline. Private Johnson was also separately charged with using insubordinate language to his superior officer. The charges arose from incidents alleged to have occurred wh'en the men were in the isolation hospital at the camp on August 15.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 September 1940, Page 6
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