YOUNGEST MAYOR IN N.Z.
ENLIST FOR SERVICE MR J. R. HANAN, OF TN VERCARGILL [Fn Press Association.) INVERCARGILL. Jan. 18. The Dominion's youngest Mayor, Mr. J. R. Hanan, Mayor of Invercargill. to-day enlisted for service in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He was immediately examined and passed fit for active service overseas. He intends going into a Territorial camp at Gore at the week-end. < but it is not yet known when he will go into the mobilisation camp. Mr. Hanan was elected Mayor eighteen months ago after three and a-half years as city councillor. H/s three brothers served in the Great > War. one being killed in action and one dying of war injuries a few years ( later.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 6
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118YOUNGEST MAYOR IN N.Z. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 16, 19 January 1940, Page 6
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