RECRUITS FOR AIR FORCE

Southland Times, Issue 24439, 20 May 1941, Page 6

RECRUITS FOR AIR FORCE

Ninety Interviewed In Invercargill

More than 90 recruits were interviewed by the Air Force Selection Committee during its sitting in Invercargill yesterday. The Selection Committee comprises Squadron Leader A. C. McArthur and Mr L. A. C. Warner, educational officer. 1 In an interview, Squadron Leader McArthur said that the Air Force was now amazingly well equipped to handle the large numbers in training. A constant stream of volunteers was required to ensure air training centres working to capacity. New Zealand was giving definite and effective support to Britain’s challenge for air supremacy and that support must be maintained. Squadron Leader McArthur said he was very pleased with the good response yesterday, and the i standard of men offering was high. ! The following are’the names of recruits who were interviewed yesterday (several names were not available for publication): — J. A. Rogers, A. W. Muir, T. R. Gibson, H. M. Thompson, E. E. Cameron, W. J. Hand, M. M. Hanley, M. Parmenter, J. R. Randle, J. P. Redpath, W. P. Pullar, C. N. Ross, J. C. Ruffin, I H. Shaw, J. A. Robertson, E. A. Roy, D. S. Hamilton, W. N. McGorlick, G. E. Hannah, A. J. Drummond, I. G. Henry, L. J. Millard, F. I. Calvert, J. H. Stevens, M. R. Dillon, B. O’Brien, N. E. Morrison, B. Moffett, R. B. Hemmings, F. J. Law, J. O Callaghan, P. F. Daly, C. T. McMillan, J. Corcoran, A. H. Holms, W. E. Campbell, L. J. McLean, M. A. Beadle, T. McClymont, P. E. Campbell, A. Chisolm, S. E. Mosley, L. N. Davidson, M. Gilbert, D. A. Coster, k. G. Hazlett, R. S. Dickie, J. F. A. Fortune, D. W. Grant, J. H. C. Molloy, F. S. Wilson, A. J. N. Blaikie, D. S. Davidson, M. W. McGowan, F. R. Barton, J. H. Barton, A. P. Batcheler, J. O. Mitchell, J. O. Cowan, A. G. Stewart, J. R. Copeland, A. D. McLeod, E. B. Finn, H. J. Baty, J. M. Adams, E. T. Brown, A. M. Boyes, J. R. Morrison, Butson, N. F. Morrison, J. Barnes, D. A. McGillivray, R. J. Rusbridge, J. D. Christie, A. C. Hormann, W. C. Campbell, R. G. Smart, E. H. J. Folley, C. J. Allan, W. C. Riordan, T. W. Ross, A. B. Depree, J. E. Rhind, P. A. Stead. The Selection Committee will conclude its sitting in Invercargill today and will interview applicants from 10 a.m. to noon, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.