NEW ENROLMENTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20152, 23 January 1940, Page 6

NEW ENROLMENTS

1400 MARK PASSED GISBORNE-COAST LIST THIRD ECHELON MEN QUOTA BEYOND QUESTION Despite the heavy drain already made upon the district man-power, voluntary recruiting in the GisborneEast Coast area continues to bring forward large numbers of men for the Special New Zealand Force, the Maori Battalion, and home defence units. By far the greater proportion of the enlistments is for active service, and a feature of the home defence enrolments is the percentage of men who served in the Great War and are anxious to give their services once again.

Many of these men hope, by good service on the home front, to qualify for places in the later echelons of the special force abroad. Others, who are beyond the age of active service, are content with the prospect of doing their bit where their remaining military value can best be made use of. Not many of the ex-servicemen have yet given up entirely the hope of doing another stroke for their country, however, and their spirit undoubtedly is communicating itself to the younger men in the community. There should be no difficulty in raising the Third Echelon quota in Gisborne, judging by the number of young and apparently fit men whose names figure in the lists of enrolments. Similarly, the Maori recruiting is still undiminished in volume, and subsequent calls for native troops should not find this district wanting. Up to date, enlistments for all three main sections of the military—special New Zealand force, Maori Battalion, and home defence —have exceeded 1400 for the Gisborne-East Coast area. The latest additions to the lists are:

Special New Zealand Force Holmes, Edric Thomas, single, 26 years, Tolaga Bay, stationer. Rutherford, Francis Stanley, single, Gisborne, cabinetmaker.

Smith, Rodney Campbell, single, 21 years, Makaraka, bridge builder. Houltham, Raymond Owen, single, 21 years, Gisborne, labourer. Cowan, James Lymburn, single, 23 years, Gisborne, farmer. Begg, John Nicol Strachan, single, Motu, labourer.

Whitty, Cyril Frederick, married, 27 years, Gisborne, saleman. Dallas, Bruce, married, 39 years, Gisborne, dental surgeon. Dallas, Noel Morton, married, 37 years, Gisborne, dental assistant. Brown-Bayliss, Richard, single, 23 years, Gisborne, labourer. Scanlan, Harold James, married, 23 years, Gisborne, plumber. McKay, John, single, 30 years, Gisborne, labourer. Guy, Alfred Edward, single, 26 years, Gisborne, wool storeman. Herbert, Kenneth Roy, single, 21 years, Hangaroa, contractor. Lowe, Bertie Norman Claude, married, 36 years, Gisborne, driver, Binnie, Denis Fitzgerald, single, 27 years, Tokomaru Bay, shepherd. Caldwell, William Aitken Douglas, single, 21 years, Gisborne, clerk. Henry, McLean, married, 25 years, Tolaga' Bay, labourer. Grantham, Walter James Stanley, single, 20 years, Matawai, millhand.

Sturm, William Christian, married, 30 years, Wairoa, garage man. Sparkes, Clifford Henry, married, 30 years, Tahunga, labourer. Martin, Edward Allan, married, 27 years, Gisborne, labourer. Spinett, Thomas Newby, single, 27 years, Gisborne, driver. Price, Robert. James, single, 23 years. Gisborne, labourer. Smith, James Andrew, single 27 years, Gisborne, driver. Poulgrain, Douglas, single, 21 years, Manutuke, labourer. Jennings, Samuel, married, 35 years, Gisborne, porter. McLean, Peter, married, 42 years, Rakauroa, surfaceman.

Willock, William Patrick, single, 26 years, Whangara, driver. Willock, John Selmour, single, 25 years, Whangara, farmer. Wells, Edward, married, 56 years, Gisborne, labourer.

Tilley, Edward John Patrick, married, 28 years, Gisborne, foreman. Smith, Geoffrey Walters, single, 21 years, Gisborne, farm hand. Fredericks, John Patrick, single, 32 years, Gisborne, porter.

New Zealand Maori Battalion Stevens, Kere, single, 23 years, Whatatutu, labourer.

Ruru, Wiremu, single, 28 years, Te Karaka, labourer. Edwards, Sonny, single, 21 years, Gisborne, labourer.

Baker, Hubert George, single, 25 years, Tolaga Bay, station hand. Tai, Thompson, married, 41 years, Waimaha, labourer.

Toheriri, Reuben, single, 21 years, Gisborne, labourer.

Pomana, Jack, married, 30 years, Nuhaka, labourer. Brown, Thomas, married, 21 years, Hicks Bay, driver. Totoro, Tiopira, married, 29 years, Hicks Bay, farm hand. Makaore, Henare, married, 24 years, Gisborne, driver. Bolton, Claude, single, 22 years, Gisborne, labourer. Tomuru, Hemi Kipi, single, 24 years, Waipiro Bay, labourer. Ruru, Pani Nikora, single, 23 years, Te Karaka, labourer. Haami, Hani Tuahine, single, 35 years, Te Karaka, fencer. Ruru, Rangi Tapine, single, 24 years, Te Karaka, labourer.

Haami, Hetana, single, 33 years, Te Karaka, labourer.

Bristowe, Tawhai, single, 21 years, Te Araroa, labourer.

Kivvara, Henry, married, 30 years, Te Araroa, labourer.

Green, Wi Parekura, single, 22 years, Te Araroa, shepherd. Jack, Toatana Manuka, married, 22 years, Iwitea, labourer.

Home Defence McLean, Percy Douglas, single, 20 years, Gisborne, labourer. Coveil, Dudley James, married, Waingake, farmer. Mcßae, John, single, 45 years, Ormond, labourer. O’Connell, Leslie Vivian, single, 19 years, Gisborne, labourer. McMillan, William Robert, single, 18 years, Gisborne, labourer. Read, Edward Thomas, single, 18 years. Gisborne, labourer. Fox, Richard Trevor, single, 19 years, Gisborne, factory hand. Pinkerton, Henry Millar, married, 30 years, Gisborne, labourer.

Graham, William, married, 57 years, Gisborne, land valuer. Clarke, William Ernest, married, 45 years, Gisborne, painter. Cooper, Rex Winston, single, 20 years, Gisborne. labourer. Ogilvie, Alan James, single, 38 years, Gisborne, barman. Cooper, Don, single, 19 years, Gisborne, plasterer. Green, John Benjamin, married, 46 years, Gisborne, steward. Lennane, William Michael, single, 19 years, Mangapapa, porter. Garrett, Walter, widower, 44 years, Gisborne, attendant. Colvin, William John, single, 18 years, Gisborne, storeman. Conly, George, married, 44 years, Gisborne, salesman. Coleman, Arthur Cyril, married, 48 years, Gisborne, engineer. Bayliss, Thomas, Gisborne, cleaner. Frank Sidney, married, 25 years, Gisborne, mechanic.