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a a (Fboii Oc* Own CoßßßsrowDCirr.) \ t• <• „ LONDON, March 21. ) r, Lieutenant C. W. Saunders, D.C.M., Nc-rt * Zealand Engineers (Dunedin), has been dise charged from the N.Z.E.F. to take up work is M U niE lmPorta,lC ° with tbo Ministry of Rifleman H. C. Bray, 26/1087. N.Z.R.8., has been transferred from tho N.Z.E.F. to ■> tho Australian Navy. L \, Willooghby. 58221, 3rd 0 t Ii ' n for two months Is %, !? P ur Pose of working on an invention. ' K °? nt M - J - Fuller, 2/40, D.H.Q., rl . . who was recommended for a commission bv General Godley last July, is now s sooond lieutenant. Royal Garrison Artillery, d /T f^ mat ?, Spiers, Coldstream. Guards (Dannovirke), is at present laid op with a gastric ulcer, and is in hospital in Notting,j hamshirc. _ Lance-corporal N. Hewitt, 21324, Royal [ # Fusihers, lately wounded, comos from Dunedin. r* 55ealnnders ongagi?d in tho 3 R.N. >.R Motor-boot Patrol Service, based fc in Italy. hav*> reccmtly been promoted from to lieutenants. They nie: f W. I. Turnbull (Wellington, now in Eng--5 I? <.? n F A. E. Ohoyce, Spencer s li. Mason (Wellington), B. AV. Beaumont :1 (Auckland), and Anthony C. Fell (Wellington). 1 Mr N. C. Wiseman (formerlv No. 2/1576, 1 has taken his discharge from tho I for a commission in the Royal Naval Air Service. He is a probationary [j flight officer, and is at present at the Royal >l Naval College, Greenwich. r Second Lieutenant A. A. B. Tegner, 5.T.0., attached to the Intermediate Supply Depot at Kut, is a New Zealand Main Body man. Ho left the dominion with the Wellington Mounted Rifles under Brigadiergeneral Meldrum. Three R.F.C. Cadets who reached England Tjf'' LJeeembor and liave been training at Blaokdown, are about to leave for Egypt to complete their course. Those are: L. A. • Li in brick (Napier), C. W. Gillies (Hakataramea), and John Stevens. Miss Thurston, R.R.C., New Zealand Matron-m-Chief, isra mambvr of an influential committee which has been formed to d c ?- ri 'y details in connection with a memod ™ service to foe held next month in St. h . i s a thedral to nurses who havo died s- course of their duties during the war. ,v The band of the Coldstream Guards will be y present, under the conductorship of Major c F. Mackenzie Rogan, and at the conclusion [ s of the service they will play the "Dead i- March' from " Saul," and the bugles will e sound.the "Last Post." r INTER-COMMAND CHAMPIONSHIP AT 8 ALDERSHOT. ,® Various members of tlie N.Z.E.F. went down to Bristol at the beginning of tho _ week to take part in the Southern Command , Tournament, which consisted of a series of . eliminating contests at various weights, witli £ the object of assisting in the selection of , the best men to represent the Southern Com- ' mand in the Inter-Connnand Championships. . Welters: Private Mitchell (A.1.F.) beat Pri- . \Tite M'Guinness (N.Z.). Light-weights: £ Private Musson (N.Z.) beat A. M. Plaistow (R.F.C.), and in the next round Musson defeated Private M'Leod (A.1.F.), thus qualifying for the inter-command championship meeting. Feather-weights: Private Benson (N.Z.) beat A. M. Greenwood (R.F.C.), but later was beaten by Gunner Dunkley (R.F.A.). Middle-weights: Gunner Rice j' (R.G.A.) beat Private Rufey (N.Z.).
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17319, 20 May 1918, Page 6
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531ON SERVICE Otago Daily Times, Issue 17319, 20 May 1918, Page 6
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