ON GUARD IN TOKIO
(Ollieiiil N.Z. Correspowlent with J Fore-e). . . . , A . * Reeeiydd Moijday, t p.A .• . j$"t| ' 1 ; * 1 ' 'TOjKlb, jiugust'.SOjJ ■ *• Guanj.duties .in TO'kio will be.uiidertaken f'rbm O'ctdb'er 1' for oue in'orit h t>y a composite Xew Zealand battalion. Tlie jiKMi xelected will In' tlie iirst iiieinbcrs of' t Iie Xew Zealand brigade to lravd to Tokio on (luty and they will be tlio lirst troops of the two roplacernent drafts to see tliat citv. Oue comjiany cacli from tiro :22nd Hattalion hoFui, 27th Hattalion ( Yumnguehi), and DivisionaJ Cavalrv Hegimeat (XTi•/.ubii i., and a fourth company drawn I'ioiii specialist.s units such as the 2.1th Field Hatterv, will make np the Hattalion. LienM'olonol G. M. McCaskill, of Wellington, at present Chief Adniinistrative OHicer witli the Xew Zealand l-'orce and fonnerly of the Hecond X.Z.E.F. in the Middle East, will be '•omiiiandiiig ollieer. From now on a Xew Zealand guard will be in Tokio every fonr months in tuni with the three olher components of Ihe H.C.O.F. On September 7 the men of Ihe lirst guard will hegin three weeks' intensive training in the divisional cavalrv area. They will take over in Tokio from an Australian axiard.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 September 1946, Page 5
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194ON GUARD IN TOKIO Chronicle (Levin), 3 September 1946, Page 5
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