DUNTROON TRAINEES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 7 February 1944, Page 2

DUNTROON TRAINEES

TEN CANDIDATES SELECTED Wellington, This Day. After undergoing a course at the Army School of Instruction, Trentham, ten young men have now been selected as 1944 entrants to the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Australia, said the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, in a statement to-day. Applications were feceived from all parts of New Zealand and in the first instance were subject to selection by the District Commandants of the three military districts. Those who came up to the required high educational and medical standard were then subject to final review by a special selection board. The following are the names of the successful candidates, together with the secondary schools they attended: Raymond Wilkie Brougham, of Palmerston North Boys’ High School; Valentine Brinsley Brown, of Marton District High School; lan Hall Finlay, of Whangarei High School Jack Harvey, of Seddon Memorial Technical College. Auckland; John Vernon Head, of Whakatane District High School: Richard Hamish Linton, of Palmerston North Boys’ High School; Brian Matauru Poananga, of Palmerston North Boys’ High School; John Hearsey McMillan Salmon, of Wanganui Collegiate School: Desmond Stuart Smith, of St. Patrick’s College. Silverstream: and William John Wray, of Seddon Memorial Technical College. Auckland.—P.A.