ROUTINE ORDERS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20493, 1 March 1941, Page 9

ROUTINE ORDERS

HOME GUARD UNITS GISBORNE BATTALION APPOINTMENTS RECORDED TRAINING FOR THE WEEK Appointments of officers and noncommissioned officers in units of the Gisborne Borough Battalion of the Home Guard are notified in the issue of routine orders made last by Major G. Crawshaw, commanding the Gisborne sub-area organisation of the Guard. The appointments are subject to confirmation by,the area commander, and are as under:— Headquarters Company. Commander, E. L. Adams; instructors, J. T. McLoughlin, T. Morgan, and F. Haughie; orderly clerks, R. J. Clark and P. R. Muir. Medical Unit.—Platoon, commander, T. E. Gresham, sergeant G. H. Heighway; corporals, G. H. Nicholson and R. R. Watchman; lance-corporals. T. E. Lovelock, J. A. Thorburn, A. J. C. Webster, and A. M. Welham. Signalling Platoon.—Commander, V. V. Fletcher; sergeant, J. E. Broad; corporals, W. Bury, J. Nyberg. G. Wilks. T. Terry, D. Somerfield, and F. W. Nolan. A Company.—Company Commander, H. Miller, M.C., second-in-command, V. S. Caulton; platoon commanders, K. A- Woodward, A. G. Cairns; company sergeant-major, D. A. Wells; quarter-master, C. Jackson; sergeants, A, J. Stock, D. E. Chrisp, P. W. Barlow, and S. H. Massam; coroorals, W. R. P. Baigent, C. F. Carter, W. Keith, L. T. Smith, R. G. Witters, S. W. Bruce, A. I-I. De Costa. A. W. Shorland, H. G. Dobson, T. F. Mitchell; lance-cor-porals, K. L. Westmoreland, C. D. Armstrong, A. F. Topic, M. W. P. Greene, and C. E. Lloyd. B. Company. Company Commander, G. I. Parker; second-in-com-mand. A. W. Harper; platoon commanders, M. W. Howe, R. E Gambrill, K. B. Garland, M. R. Fry; company - sergeant - major, R. H. Mahoney; quarter-master-sergeant, W. R. Connop; sergeants, E. F. James, C. G. Vail, J. H. Campbell, G. H. Dunn; corporals, J. Haisman, P. T. Kaua, and G. A. File.

C. Company. Company Commander, R. A. Mitchell; second-in-eonmmand, C. A. Smith; platoon commander, E. W. Forrest.

D. Company. Company Commander, W. E. Chamberlain. E. Company. Company Commander, G. C. Jones; quarter-master-sergeant. C. E. Hampton. Transport Company. Company Commander, J. O. Musgrave; second-in-command, A. T. Webber; platoon commander, E. Hiilyard; sergeant, L. Woodrow; quarter-master-sergeant, D. Goldsmith. . Engineers’ Company. Company Commander, J. B. Cowing; second-in-command, C. Lawn.

Further appointments will be made in different units of the battalion as they proceed with training. Parade Orders Drafted

Parades for non-commissioned officers of the battalion are called for Sunday, March 2, at 9 a.m.; Monday March 3, at 7.30 p.m.; and Thursday. March 6, at 7.30 p.m. Non-commis-sioned officers detailed by officers commanding from A and B companies and from the medical and signals platoons, will parade for a field day, with lunches and wearing nailed boots Other non-commissioned offipers will train in platoon jjriU under Staff-Ser-geant J. T. McLoughlin and in apm? drill under Sftaff-Sergeant T. Morgan. For the general parade of the battalion, to be held on Wednesday, March 5, at 7.30 p.m., the following instructions for special duties have been issued: —Arms Drill, Staff-Ser-geant T. Morgan: Transport, 7.30 to 8.30 p.m.; Signallers, 8.30 to 9.30 p.m. Platoon Drill. —Staff-Sergeant McLoughlin: Engineers, 7.30 to 8 p.m.; A Company, 8 to 8.45 p.m.; B Company, 8.45 to 9.30 p.m. Wiring,—Staff-Ser-geant F. Haughie: B Company, 8 to 9 p.m. Physical training,—lnstructor H. Le Bas: E Company, 7.30 to 8 p.m.; A. Company, 8 to 8.30 p.m. Orderly officers for the next two weeks are Messrs. R. E. Gambrill and A. G. Cairns; orderly sergeants for the same period are Messrs. D. E. Chrisp and C. G. Vail.

RAILWAY CAMP MEN

(Herald Correspondent.) On Wednesday night those members of the Muriwai Home Guard who are resident in the Bartletts, Waikoura and Tikiwhata railway camps attended their second night parade, which was held in the Y.M.C.A. hall at Bartletts. As the commanding officer, Captain C. H. Williams, Muriwai, was. absent from the district, Lieutenant G. W. King was in charge. A pleasing feature of the muster was the attendance of a number of non-members. An interesting and instructive lecture on first aid was delivered by Sergeant-Major C. J. Cox. Members were given the opportunity to practice the application of slings for broken limbs. This lecture was the first of a series of lectures which will be given on first aid. The next parade of the unit has been called for Sunday week at Muriwai. MURIWAI PARADE (Herald Correspondent.) At the Muriwai Hall last evening there was a splendid muster of members of the Muriwai unit of the Home Guard. Sergeant-Major C. J. Cox gave a lecture on first aid. Practical work by members followed. Mr. H. Le Bas, of the Internal Affairs Department, was present to instruct in physical exercises and games. Members were most enthusiastic and obviously appreciated the visit of the instructor.