GIFT COMMISSIONER APPOINTED
Patriotic Fund Board SERVICE OVERSEAS WITH NEW ZEALAND FORCES The appointment is announced of Mr. James Melling, town clerk of Auckland, as gift commissioner to represent the National Patriotic Fund Board with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force overseas. It is understood that Mr. Melling will have the rank of major. He will have charge of all gifts dispatched by (he board for the troops, and cash will be placed at his disposal so that he will be in a position to make urgent purchases on behalf of the board for the comfort and welfare of the men wherever they may be stationed. It is stated that the board desires that Mr. Melling shall go with the Second Echelon, and it is hoped that arrangements can be completed in time for this to be possible.
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Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 15, 21 March 1940, Page 7
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