Ex-Servicemen Undertake Defence Protection Work
[Special to -Northern Advocate ”] AUCKLAND, This Day.
As a voluntary auxiliary of the Territorial Army, and entirely selfcontained, the first muster of Class 2 of the National Military Reserve, which consists solely of ex-service-men will be held at the Drill Hall next Friday evening.
The commander, previously appointed, is Leiutenant-Colonel A. D. Jack (late of Whangarei), who served with the Ist Auckland Battalion, and Trench Mortars in Franco, and after the War joined the North Auckland Battalion. The duties of the ex-servicemen's corps will be the provision of guards at vital points, the protection of the fortress area against aircraft, the augmentation of fortress troops, the defence of secondary ports, and antisabotage responsibilities.
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Northern Advocate, 15 July 1939, Page 8
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