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NEW ZEALAND PATRIOTIC FUND BOARD Introduction The New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board, which was constituted under the Patriotic and Canteen Funds Act, 1947, for the purpose of administering the funds'of the National Patriotic Fund Board for the benefit of sick, disabled, needy, or unemployed ex-service-men of the 1939-45 War and their dependants, came into operation on the Ist May, 1948 r the first members of the Board being : His Excellency the Governor-General. The Under-Secretary of Internal Affairs. Nominated by— The National Patriotic Fund Board — E. E. Brooking, Esq., M.B.E. Mr. Justice Goldstine, 0.8. E. G. A. Hayden, Esq., C.B.E. Hon. Sir William Perry, M.L.C. Percy Thomson, Esq., M.B.E. Northland Provincial Patriotic Council: William Jones, Esq., M.B.E. Auckland Provincial Patriotic Council: J. A. C. Allum, Esq., 0.8. E. Waikato Provincial Patriotic Council: H. D. Caro, Esq. Bay of Plenty Provincial Patriotic Council: P. A. Kusabs, Esq. East Coast Provincial Patriotic Council: I. J. Quigley, Esq. Hawkes Bay Provincial Patriotic Council: T. W. Hercock, Esq., 0.8. E. Taranaki Provincial Patriotic Council: C. A. Wilkinson, Esq. Wellington Provincial Patriotic Council: Will Appleton, Esq. Marlborough Provincial Patriotic Council: E. J. Harvey, Esq. Nelson Provincial Patriotic Council: E. R. Neale, Esq., 0.8. E., M.P. Westland Provincial Patriotic Council: A. R. Elcock, Esq., M.B.E. Canterbury Provincial Patriotic Council: W. S. Mac Gibbon, Esq. Otago Provincial Patriotic Council: Sir Donald Cameron. Southland Provincial Patriotic Council: W. F. Sturman, Esq. New Zealand Returned Services' Association— C. 0. Bell, Esq. Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger, C.8., C.8.E., D.S.O. M. S. Myers, Esq. Second N.Z.E.F. Association : J. Nigel Wilson, Esq. New Zealand Homeservicemen's Association — S. B. Butler, Esq. Keith Mills, Esq. A. J. McDonald, Esq. Air Force Association : A. J. M. Manson, Esq. Ex Royal Naval Men's Association and Merchant Service Guild : B. R Bain, Esq. His Excellency the Governor-General is Chairman of the Board, the Deputy Chairman being the Hon. Sir William Perry, M.L.C. Mr. G. A. Hayden is the Honorary Trea&urer.

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