GENERAL HOSPITAL

Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 15, 9 August 1940, Page 6

GENERAL HOSPITAL

Inspection Parade At Trentham — Officers and other ranks of the No. 2 General Hospital paraded at Trentham Mobilization Camp on August Ist for inspection by the Director-General of Medical Services, Colonel F. T. Bowerbank. The parade was ’ commanded by Colonel F. M. Spence, Officer Commanding the hospital. After the formal inspection the unit gave an impressive demonstration of

company drill, including ' cate marching movements y M marched past a saluting hJ?‘W the salute was taken by oAr erbank. Other officers niS 61 B °'' 1 saluting base included r i‘,3 the Colonel I. S. Wilson, Assistant of Medical Services, Army & ters, Lieutenant-Colonel M b at ‘ Assistant Director of Medical Central Military District, and rS ant-Colonel F. W. Kemp,. Seilin ' cal officer at the camp. ’’W Colonel Bowerbank briefly, add . ’ the unit and praised the men on? general appearance and good be ■- during the . company drill and S past. “I feel sure that when y? overseas you will be a great'J not only to the Second N.Z.Ep J also to the New Zealand* J Corps,” he said. ‘‘There has been the past a general impression that J who serve in the general hospital! not matter very much. That is not case. You are just as much sold' as the men in the infantry or artilll units. I ■ wish you all a very J leave.” i •