SERVICE APPEALS
ARMED FORCES BOARD The No. 11 Armed Forces Appeal Board —Messrs D. C. Cameron (chairman), W. Clark, and C. V. Smith—held a sitting in Dunedin yesterday to hear appeals against service with the armed forces. - The following appeals were adjourned sine die:—New Zealand Wax Vesta Company, Ltd., for M. J. Dickie, factory hand; Parker and Keane, Ltd., for M. Corlet, electrical foreman; Turnbull and Jones, Ltd., for S. F. Chalmers, manager; Mitchell Bros., for E. J. Paterson and I. J. Rudhall, carpenters; Vacuum Oil Proprietary Company, Ltd., for C. H. Croft, technical engineer; Napier Motors, Ltd., for T. E. H. Godfrey, motor mechanic; Waterfront Controller, for E. K. A. Joyce, waterside worker.
Release from camp was recommended in respect of the following appeals:—W. B. Quennell and Sons, for F. G. Thorn, bricklayer; J. Eustace and Son, Ltd., for J. Amalfitano, canister maker; Mrs I. E. Finnie, for J. D. Bacon, mechanic-driver; J. Donaldson, for E. J. Donaldson (W.A.A.C.).
The following appeals for postponement of service or release from camp were dismissed: Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd., for J. T. E. Witchalls, manager; Mrs N. L. J. Nelson, for G. G. D. Nelson, farm hand; Mrs R. Gavegan, for A. Gavegan, stitcher operator. The appeal of the Union Steam Ship Company, Ltd., for J. Edwards, stevedore and foreman rigger, was dismissed, this being a confirmation of a previous decision of the board. Extension of leave was recommended in the appeal of Donaghy’s Rope and Twine Company, Ltd., for J. A. Sell, flaxcutter.
In the appeal of the New Zealand Wax Vesta Company, Ltd., for L. P. Barnett, engineer, the board decided that the reservist should remain with the company pending a replacement being obtained.
Appeals against territorial training were allowed as follows:. Coulls Somerville Wilkie, Ltd., for M. A.' Friend, lithographer; J. F. Freeman, shepherd (own appeal); Ernest Adams. Ltd., for I. Hodding, foreman baker; B. Gunn, farm hand (own appeal); W. E. G.. McDowell, for R. Wilkinson, transport driver, and for J. J. Semple, truck driver.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25428, 8 January 1944, Page 8
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337SERVICE APPEALS Otago Daily Times, Issue 25428, 8 January 1944, Page 8
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