OFF TO CAMP.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 4275, 26 June 1916, Page 6

OFF TO CAMP.

TILE 18th REINFORCEMENTS

DRAFT MORE THAN FULL. Gisborne’s quota, for tlic 18th Reinforcements, which left last night by the Araliura, in charge of Captain H. A King, totals 45 all told, being slightly in excess of the increased number culled for, but not up to the usual number required. Several men included in the draft pick up the main body on the way to camp, or report at Trentham. The recruits paraded on Saturday afternoon, and again last evening, when the Ladies Committee supplied them with the usual gifts. The draft was farewelled by Mr. R. M. Birrell. Chief Recruiting Officer, and Lieut. Kinder, of the National Reserve. In short addresses the men were wished every luck and a safe return, and the conviction was expressed that they would keep up the high reputation gained by the New Zealand troops who had already reached the front, or who were in camp. Headed by tho City Band and the National Reserve, the recruits marched to the Tuatea, where a large crowd had assembled) despite the inclement weather, to see them off. The men included in thedraft were as follows, those marked with an asterisk to join on route or at Trentham: —

ARTILLERY. (One.) Newman, Sydney, married, 27 years, driver, Gisborne, sheepfarmer. MOUNTED RIFLES. (One.) *Nutt, Wm. John, single. 30 years, station hand, Waipiro Bay. ARMY SERVICE CORPS. (One.) Johnson, Harold Roland, single, 20 years, drover, Makaraka. INFANTRY. (H.) Agnew, Alexander Campbell, single, 23 years, motor driver, Waipiro Bay (IS months Mounted Rifles). Bradford, Edmund Wilfred, single, 20 years, linotype-operator, “Times,” Gisborne (0 years Cadets and Territorials). Dickinson, Win. Clms., single, 26 years, shepherd, Fergusons boarding house. Douglas, Ross, single, 27 years, shepherd Stevenson’s boarding house. Eales, Frank, single, 3-4 years, farmhand, Whatatutu. Edwards, Douglas Hugh, single, 20 years, shepherd, T'ologa Bay. Gilpin, Victor J., single, 20 years, laborer, c/o Gisborne Sheepfarmers. _ . .

Hayes, John, single, -12 years, lab- ' over, Gisborne. Harris, Alfred Jas., single, 20 years, farmer, Hangnroa. Hawkes, Eric Vincent, married, 21 years, store assistant, 4\ batatutu (4 years Territorials). Hibbert, Albert, single, 20 years, fitter, Kaiti beach. Hill, Win., single, 42 years, ploughman, Whatatutu. Hillyard, Sydney Robt., single, 20 years, station hand. Mangapapa. Jackson, William, single, 27 years, laborer, "56 Crawford Hoad, Gisborne. Janvier, Albert Robert, Ivajiiatua Street. Jones, Gordon, single, 20 years, reporter, Stout Street. Lawrence, Harry, single. 27 years, dairy factory assistant, Tologa Bay (5 years school cadets). Lawrence, Leonard Gordon, single, 22 years, dairy farmer, Jologa Bay. Lees. Tlios. It., married. 40 years, farmer, Manutuke. Long, Wallis P. J-. clerk, Gisborne. 'Martin, Fred Joseph, single, 20 years, cordial maker, Gladstone Road.’ Gisborne. . 4 lor ice, Henry Jas., care F. Monce, private bag. Moseley, John, single. 24 years, butclier, 3 Stafford Street. Murray, Herbert Edward, single, 28 years, farm hand, c/o G. Witters. Makauri CIS months Australian infantry). McGarvey, Owen Sellar, single, 24 years, laborer. Hick’s Bay. Neilson. Francis Paterson, single, 27 years, coal miner, Palmerston Road. Payton, Charles, single, 22 years, clerk, Roebuck Read. *Pool. Joseph, single, 2d years, hotel manager, Waipiro Bay. Rennolds. Win. Joseph, married, 31 years, 109 Derby Street, Gisborne. bSpearman, Purvis C., married, 2G years, cabinetmaker, 104 Fox Street, Gisborne. Symes, Norman Tui-tui, Bank of Australasia, Gisborne. Telfor, Andrew T.. single, 27 years, butcher, 317 Clifford Street, Gisborne. Thompson, James, single, 34 years, farmer, Maramoko, Motu. Torr John, single, 2S years, laborer, Record ltcign Hotel. Gisborne. Waldron, William Henry, Masonic Hotel. Ward, Richard R., single, 20 years, school master. Waercnga-a-hika. IV in stone, Wm. Henry, single, 22 years, station hand, Arowhana station. Wright, William Alexander, single, 29 years, sheepfarmer, Motu. * Young,* John Wm., single, 22 years, butcher. Customhouse Street, Gisborne. . Zaffcr, Robert Albert, single, 22 years, postal clerk G.P.0., Gisborne. E. E. Boniface, to report at Trentliam for duty. Arthur L. C. and N. Bull also left with the draft, but they go with the Napier quota. Rigby. Cyril G., single. 23 years, school teacher, Gisborne, also left last night to go into camp with the 20t1i Reinforcements.

PASSED AT FIT. One man was passed as fit for service at the Garrison Hall on Saturday afternoon, and three were permanently rejected. The man passed wn s : . White. Andrew Bruce, single, 2( years, clerk, c/o National Bank of Now Zealand. Gisborne. 'Phe Medical Board at their last meeting ordered one returned soldier to the hospital, and two received their discharges.