IMPRESSIVE LIST
■ 4. WHAKATANE'S VOLUNTEERS PUBLICATION ON MONDAY In Monday's issue will be included a list of those volunteers from Whaltalane and the surrounding districts who volunteered for service and wiho at the present time are serving with the Army, Navy or Aii\ Force overseas, are in camp,. 01} are waiting to be called up. An impressive list, the total -of four hundred and sixty demon-'' strates the response to the call made by the town and country and shows also that the Whakatane district' was sccond to none in New Zealand when the appeal for re-: cruits was made. It must be emphasised that in all 1 probability the list is incomplete, recording those whose enlistment was registered by the recruiting officer in Whakatane, Lieutenant C. A. Head, and those who enlisted at other centres may not be included. This applies particularly to Royal New Zealand Air Force recruits, who underwent medical examination by other than the medical board at Whakatane. To enable the list to be accurate an appeal i£ addressed to relatives and friejnds of those volunteers not included to forward the names. It is proposed to publish the list in. the neail future and the furnishing of the names within the next two weeks would greatly assists
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 194, 2 August 1940, Page 5
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211IMPRESSIVE LIST Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 194, 2 August 1940, Page 5
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