OVERSEAS FORCE
THE THIRD ECHELON LATEST REGISTRATIONS TWENTY-THREE ON SATURDAY Twenty-three recruits registered for inclusion in the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force on Saturday, five of the names being not for publication. The others are as follows: Group II Single Men Joseph Andrew Whiston. Thomas Innes. Thomas Duffy (Oamaru). Kenneth George Aitchison (Oamaru). David Holmes Devon (Oamaru). Harry Cecil Burgess (Oamaru). James Ashley Crabbe. William Gibson. . Henry Richard Kail. Robert Andrew Beatson. Arthur Chapman Scott. Geoffrey " T ood Sykes. Noel James Dryden. Jack Frederick Lyon, John Grierson McLellan. Arthur Basil Walker. Group IV Maried Men With Children James Fredrick Evans. William George Stewart. Further Decline Enlistments at the Kensington Drill Hall for the week ended on Saturday showed a further decline on the previous wefek’s total. Only 127 reciuits came forward last, week, compared with 141 the previous week and 232 'or the week ended on June 1. The figures for the past three weeks
were as follows: — Week beginning May 27. June 3. June 10. Monday .. 44 35 27 Tuesday ..36 16 26 Wednesday .. 58 15 15 Thursday .. ... 31 36 19 Friday .. 40 21 -17 Saturday 23 18 23 232 141 127.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24326, 17 June 1940, Page 8
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