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Anecdotes. of mobilised service provided the major part of the entertainment at a National Military Reserve reunion at Wanganui. Lieutenant R. D. ■ Kelly, formerly commandant of a camp 'for Maori Home .Guards, was awarded the palm for a story relating to the employment of National Military Reserve instructors for the Maori trainees (states the Wanganui Chronicle). He explained that the instructors were of various racial extractions and that all got on well with the recruits. VThe most lasting impression was made by one popular member of the Gisborne Company, who instructed ,' the Maori - ‘troops in the use of .. weapons. Some time after this instructor’s departure from the camp the com-
mandant conducted a snap test of the recruits’ knowledge. “ What part of the rifle "is this?” he asked one Home Guardsman, placing his finger on the weapon. From . a trainee, whose English was not very fluent in the ordinary way, came the smart answer: ‘‘Aye, it’s the for-r-re-sight, ye ken, sir!”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25444, 27 January 1944, Page 6
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