ARTILLERY TRAINING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21037, 23 November 1931, Page 10

ARTILLERY TRAINING.

WAR COMMEMORATION. CEREMONIAL ROLL-CALL. Members of the former A Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery Volunteers, who fell in the Great War, were honoured by a simple but impressive ceremony at Narrow Neck yesterday afternoon, when the Ist Battery, New Zealand Artillery, successor to A Battery, fell in at the close of week-end training. The ceremony consisted of a roll-call. The battery paraded in line with Messrs. A. Baragwanath, W. Hewson, F. (J. MeDermott. F. Bennett and JI. A. Metcalf, of the old battery, on its right. Hie names of the'dead, five in number, were read in turn, and to each a veteran answered, "Killed in action, sir," or ''Died of wounds, sir," as the case might be. Then, to link past and present, the youngest recruit present. Gunner U. M. Hill, answered to his name. Those commemorated were Major Maidlow and Captain Hamsav, Royal Artillery; Captain McGilp, Lieutenant Rimmer and Gunner Braid wood, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Forty six men of the Ist, Battery, under the command of Captain R. Turnbull, assisted by Captain W. S. Wilson and Lieutenants F. Graham and D. Watson, underwent training during the week-end. The work comprised gun-drill, fire discipline, manoeuvre and battery statf work, which included all branches of signalling. The I raining culminated with a display of usual artillery work, both mounted and dismounted, and a blank cartridge "shoot" attracted a number of visitors, including senior military officers. The high standard of work "and general efficiency was freely commented upon bv old artillerymen present.