SPECIAL FORCE
MEN ENTERING CAMP MR A. G. HULTQUIST INCLUDED Among the prospective non-com-missioned officers for the second echelon of the Special Military Force who have gone into camp from the Paeroa military area last week-end are Mr A. G. Hultquist, M.P., his brother, Mr R. N. Hultquist, and two former All Blacks, Messrs J. .1. Best and G. A. H. Bul-lock-Douglas.
Altogether, the men going into camp complete the list of 210 being supplied by the northern military district. The cadet non-commissioned, officers from Paeroa are:—-Anti-tank Regiment: P. J. Brewster, L. R. E. Carter, R. C. Roberts, D. C. Gray, T. A. Gibbs, R. J. Gordon. Divisional Cavalry: J. J. Best, A. R. N. Jaekman, G. B. Blocksagc, B. C. Snodgrass. Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery: P. Gilchrist, E. W. Rogers, Divisional Signals: A. G. Hultquist, L. S. Grant. Divisional Ammunition Company: B. M. Alexander, T. P. Frost. Field Ambulance: F. G. Clubb, 11. C. S. Hay ward, H. L. Aickin. Maeliine-Gun Battalion: F. I. N. Gainsford. Rifle Battalion: A. E. Bacon, J. P. Burgess, A. B. Gottrell, W. N. Davies, J. M. Denham, G. Duff, A. Ferguson, D. S. Hume, R. N. Hultquist, W. J. Irwin, A. T. MacKay, D. L. Morgan, C. Nolan, F. J. Robinson, ,T. W. Sankcy, N. T. Tonkin, R. W. Tunselman, R. W. Rowc, G. A. H. Bullock-Douglas, A. P. Smith F. O. Sainty, R. S. Smith and D. Hawkins.
TOTAL ENLISTMENTS
PAEROA DISTRICT FIGURES
DETAILS FOR No. 2 AREA
Details of the total number of enlistments for service in the Special Militarj r Force registered at the Paeroa District Office to date are ns follows;—
Of the single men examined, 203 Europeans and 71 Maoris were classed as temporarily unfit and 99 Europeans and 52 Maoris permanently unlit. Eight married men with four children, and eight with five or more children, have enlisted and have yet to be medically examined. The Paeroa military authorities state that a medical board will sit at Paeroa very soon.
t/1 r*. f- jj K .S P 'cr. £ o o c x ci w £ a Active officers 31 28 15 — Reserve officevs .... 12 9 2 — (Maori Bat.) 3 2 2 — Single men: Europeans 934 411 3(i2 230 Maoris 345 120 24 102 Married Men with no children: Europeans 47 19 13 24 Maoris 41 77 7 20 Married men one child: Europeans 44 10 (5 21 Maoris 45 11 4 23 Married men two children: Europeans 39 7 6 29 Maoris 38 4 3 23 Married men three children: Europeans 25 3 3 22 Maoris 1 — — 1
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 100, 13 December 1939, Page 3
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