UNIT HISTORY

29th : the Voice of the 29th Battalion, Volume 1, Issue 8, 4 July 1943, Page 1

UNIT HISTORY

where w. many spoors of -our army life that will bo* talked about long after this war’ has ended e- will tn uro not Du endless yarns and arguments over the..', odd' mug of beer or in our hemes whenever two or more ex 29th Bn-men moot J 3 have been' asked to prepare for such eventualities and to face .Gar<e the task of whoever ' finally undertakes the writing of the history of this Bat"tlion*' Official histories are of necessity somewhat unin* ’' VC,!:!T tug to all buv the military ’ stud-ent, but the unofficial and imex purgeted story of a bavtaxi.6n usually the basis' of an, interesting two! and. often ths only thor.itaui.ve work' on the doings of a battalion,. Such a., work is the fie-y of the long Range -Deser.t Droop, of which'the.'New Zeaxanu* ers formed initially the larger part* chile I realise that the facilities at hand arc 'meagre and many of the stories told are unprintable? we would bo pleased if everyone who san would ? send in items of interest about our Battalion from its 'inception* Th-- 'e must bo many stories concern-* ■i ng officers? NC =0 : s and men worthy of being r.-corded for our own use in future years* As 'a 'newcomer I hear-. vague and unsatisfactory accounts of a, Battalion mascot, ci the unwitting slaughter of some prize cattle- of memorable football matches and route marches and so on c Yet few can put time acd place to these stories or can remember all the debai..‘.sIliat will it be like in ten years' 1 time when F’xji.* Nev; Jalidonia and so on Orv I .wxt £.l?,' .-oL ie" ■’ 0 ’’'.nv lifeo things that seemizundane ana unanLuau.-A ing at the present will.be pleasant or •.' .pleasant memcri* - - the basis of tales yet to be told to old cobbars? to familles or to oursolvuse ' To have formed a committoe to try and establish an uno-fioiel record of ell our doings - 5 .record that will be available to every one of us whenever we wish to consult it e .hat wo need now is the co"oparatnon of all who can sketch or paint, give interesting enupshots or dascril.b the r-i--'”? cn' amusing incident,’s mi the life of the 29th Bottalkon c ■'

A MESSAGE FROM THE C. O»

Liany New Zealand nits hove c 1 ready compiled-interesting and valuable scrap" books and records such as we now hope to start.- Are we- to remain out.pt' it and trust t-o> our fickle memories for our history.! If we are,-pro of cur unit, and wo. have good cause to be proud, we r. ’.st see to it that such history as we h. ve mads or are yet to make is incorp*" orated in the annals of Nev; Zealand® Such records as we nonage to put to*’ gather will’be safely kept and made avail'able io any member after our return to’ew Zealand* In addition the .’.eE/leSo is asking for this material to be avails’ able for their use in painting e more correct -nd adequate picture of life in the New Zealand Amy in this war of 1939 ™ ' In' conclusion to those of you who have pictures? cuttings? stories to relate or any other material that would be of interest, will you please holo the committee by making the material available as early as possible*

AND THE COiafcTTEE

? ' ■ ■ Do you want to win;* your smokes ill'-” stead of paying .for. them- Bell? here’s a way - to do it, and at tly; same time help along the Battalion unofficial history. Send us an account, long or short’? of. some incident or phase of army life that c courted, in the ooriod before the initial departure from New Zealand y i<.e<» before h?y. 1941« hong time ago? I know? but you can remember* Rake out that diary 5 saokc a few of the cigarettes in advance and think it ever-. ft may be happy or sad? bearish or sober, critic or contented- Don’t worry' about the style or the spelling? but send something along* Prizh-j 0f.400 .and 200 cigarettes (U»So pa tern). will be. swarded for the- two best entries'*, <ni if you have something in a lap er par.’.dd think it over.- Ye’ll be ask • ihg-for .’■« Rirt rr whole of the winning entries will be p -blished in ’’The 2 Sth®; in the next issn .u Entries to be in to your co..;"" pany representative by ; e dues day, July 1.4-. And he’ll- accept anything else you have to offer*