THOUSANDTH RECRUIT
Featherston Street Depot i ' ; Since the recruiting depot in Feath erston Street, Wellington, opened a
little more than four months ago, 1000 men have enlisted there. It was half an hour before the depot closed on 6th instant that the thousandth recruit was enrolled, the last for the day. He happened to be James Philip Thurston, public servant, aged 22. Mr. Thurston was handed a shilling by the recruiting officer, Sergeant J Meldrum. A citizen who, had heard that the office was about to enroll its thousandth recruit had given the officer a shilling with the request that it be presented to the recruit with a wish for luck. This gesture is a reminder ■of the famous formality of taking the “King’s shilling.’’ with which English recruits t< the Army bound themselves to serve During the Great War recruits in New Zealand were immediately given flv< shillings, but now they receive nothins immediately.
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Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 27, 14 June 1940, Page 5
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