PATRIOTIC COMMISSIONER
TWO YEARS IN MIDDLE EAST The Patriotic Board Commissioner, Lieut-Colonel F, Waite, has completed two years in the Middle East. He left New Zealand Avith the Second Echelon, but as a result of these troops being diverted to Great Britain after Italy came into the war he spent some time in the United Kingdom before going' to the Middle East. In a recent report he said he was-glad to say that lie had not had any serious illness since IcaA'ing the Dominion.
Colonel Waite pays tribute to the assistance he has received from the Second N.Z.E.F. "I have at all times .received from all ranks of the Second N.Z.E;F. the fullest cooperation," lie says:, "The, Board is greatly indebted to all, from the G.O.C. down, for the assistance given in administration, transport and distribution."
As his' assistant in his Cairo office, Colonel Waite has Second-Lieu-tenant J. W. Keally, who keeps, the books and accounts,> docs, any typing necessary, and represents the Commissioner when lie is absent from Cairo. Lieutenant K. 11. Collins is in charge of the patriotic store at Maadi, and has three storemen to assist him. Lieutenant Collins also acts, as secretary to the Second N.Z.E.F. Welfare. Committee, The two officers and the three other ranks are supplied from the Second N.Z.E.F.
Jhe board has also appointed a Commissioner to the Pacilic areaMajor C. W. o. Brain—Who Avill be taV'»ig up his duties shortly.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 75, 25 May 1943, Page 5
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238PATRIOTIC COMMISSIONER Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 75, 25 May 1943, Page 5
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