FORT DORSET TROOPS

Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 22, 27 September 1940, Page 8

FORT DORSET TROOPS

Farewell To Men Joining 2nd N.Z.E.F. Soldiers from Fort Dorset who are leaving the garrison to join the 2nd N.Z.E.F. were farewelled at a smoke concert organized recently 'by the Fort Dorset Association, and the Seatoun Auxiliary of the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association. Major A. C. Hinman, president of the Fort Dorset Association, and Mr. H. A. Fanselow, president of the Seatoun R.S.A., welcomed the guests. Appropriate toasts were proposed by Major A. C. Hinman, Mr. H. A. Fanselow, Major J. Abel, and Mr. Frank Tait. Bombadier Brown, Major Williamson, Mr. L. K. Morris, and Mr. E. Dean responded. A concert programme was given by Messrs. L. K. Morris, E. Dean, N. Aitken, F. Histed, J. Wilkinson, and R. Mathieson, together with the Fort Dorset Orchestra. Padre Jermyn, vicar of St. George’s Church, Seatoun, was also present. At the conclusion of the entertainment Captain J. R. Marshall, Fort Dorset, expressed the appreciation of the guests of the evening, not only for the farewell, but for the many concerts, dances and other recreational arrangements made by the Fort Dorset Association for the men at the fort, all of which were so vitally important in relieving the monotony of garrison duties.