LAST TRIBUTES
A.T.C. PARADE
LATE CADET 'SANDY' ROBB
With flag draped bier } an impressive ceremony was enacted at the grave side at the funeral of the late Samuel Alexander 'Sandy' Robb on. Saturday morning when his old comrades, the youthful members of Squadron 35 of the Air Training Corps carried out the traditional honours. The service w y as conducted by the Rev. H. Hogg. Some twenty members of the A.T.C. paraded, in uniform under Pilot Officer S. Whitworth and apart from forming a guard of honour provided also two of the pall bearers. As the ceremony came to an end, the notes of. the. Last Post were sounded to be followed by the symbolic refrain of the after which the parade filed slowly past the open grave paying a last tribute to their late comrade.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 42, 23 January 1945, Page 5
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136LAST TRIBUTES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 42, 23 January 1945, Page 5
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