Ex-Soldiers Parade
600 NATIONAL RESERVISTS IN WELLINGTON Per Press Association. WELLINGTON. July 21. More than 600 returned soldiers and ex-regulars who have enlisted in the New Zealand National Military Reserve assembled in the Drill Hall to-night, and after being drafted into platoons formed the Wellington company of Class II of the reserve. The men enlisted in direct response to the appeal of the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, for volunteers. Men cf varied experiences and service during the Great War have enlisted ed in the reserve. They were thanked on behalf of the Prime Minister by Mr J. A. Lee, M.P., a member of the recruiting committee, and were addressed also by Major E. L. Hunt, area staff officer, and Major E. H. Whiting, publicity officer for the Central Military District.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 171, 22 July 1939, Page 6
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134Ex-Soldiers Parade Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 171, 22 July 1939, Page 6
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