WEST COASTRECRUITING.
MEN WHO HAVE RESPONDED. WEST COAST RECRUITING. POSITION AT NOON YESTERDAY. The position of recruiting for future reinforcement quotas from the West Coast was at noon yesterday as follows: — • For Sixteenth Reinforcements ... 26 For Seventeenth Reinforcements q Awaiting Vacancies 6 To be medically examined 11 Total 52 The names of those who have been passed , as fit are given below, f the names of those yet to be medically examined being omitted in accordance with Departmental orders and past practice observed in the publication of enlistments in this district: SIXTEENTH REINFORCEMENTS TO LEAVE NEXT MONTH (MAY). The following have enlisted for the Sixteenth Reinforcements, to be mobilsed next month on a day yet to be definitely fixed: — MOUNTED. Noble, George Frederick, teemster, Rapahoe. Kelliher, James Lawrence, Denniston. Junker, Charles Fred. Roy, Westport. ARTILLERY. Carrig-an, Lawrence, tailor, Greymouth Falla, .William Frederick, Westgort. Russell, Alfred Arthur Rpbin," Karamea. FIELD ENGINEERS. Hansen, William Frederick, Cape Foulwind. AMBULANCE. Paine, Ernest Ivan,, settler, Cronadun. N.C.O. (INFANTRY). Kemp, John Benjamin Darsil (13th Regiment), Ross. Lee, Lionel (13th Regiment), clerk, Greymouth. Shirley, John William (drill instructor), Greymouth. . INFANTRY. Bowman, Harold, postal clerk, Greymouth. "> Breeze, Mark Berney, lino operator, Hokitika. Buckley, James Matthew, baker, Dunollie. Campbell, Robert, railway fireman, Greymouth. Cutbush, John, Hokitika. Davey, James, Michael, miner, Totara Flat. Dettert, Arthur, printer, Brunnerton. 1 Egan, Thomas Sylvester, telegraphist, Greymouth. Hansen, Alexander, Greymouth. Have, James Scott, miner, Blackball. Hoffman, William, factory hand, Hokitik*a. Nicholas, John Patrick, farmer, Kumara. Ogier, Albert Edward ■, farmer, Murchisen. Sherlock, William, cleaner, Cobden. Smeaton, James Archibald, .winchman, Hokitika. SEVENTEENTH REINFORCE MENTS. TO LEAVE IN JUNE. The following have enlisted and have been passed as fit for the Seventeenth Reinforcements : — Autheman, Cecil, Hari'Hari. Bonai-, Horatius Elliott, Koiterangi. McAlpine, Alexander Grant, Greymouth. , Orpwood, Fredrick George, Reefton. Trotter, Thomas Frederick, farmer Grey Valley. Williams, Thomas William, Nelson Creek. Boyd, William, Rimu (Hokitika). Holder, Albert George (N.C.0.), grocer, Greymouth. ; Fenn, John Duncrath (N.C.0.), accountant, Greymouth. AWAITING VACANCIES. ' READY WHEN CALLED UP. The following, -who have passed the c medical test, are awaiting to be called up when required for the arm of defence for which they have tolunteered: — ARTILLERY. O'Brien, Joseph, Burnett's Face. Longmuir, Jack, Burnett's Face. Marple, Clarence, Hokitika. Excell, Alfred, Hokitika. AT HOKITIKA. 1 The local recruiting effort, in respect to which ,some 500 cards were sent with a direct appeal to eligible men, has (says the "West Coast Times") resulted in the following so far offering to enlist:— William Hoffman, Hokitika, end of May. John Davies, Hokitika, June. William Currie, Kumara,,any time. Cecil Autherman, Hari Hari, end of May. . • ■'■•■' Fred Bryant, end of May. Sydney O. V, Holly, Hokitika, April. As men are still urgently required, those who are eligible and ready to serve are invited" to send in their card replies without delay. . '.
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Grey River Argus, 14 April 1916, Page 3
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