R.S.A. To Help J Force Men To Form Association

Chronicle (Levin), 11 August 1948, Page 5

R.S.A. To Help J Force Men To Form Association

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WELLINGTON, Aug. 11. Every encouragemeni, assisiance and advice is to be given by tiie N.Z.R.S.A. to ex-men oers oi J Force to form their own assnehiDon. This was 'decided et a meeLing of the Dominion exeeutive commiU.ee, lield in Wellington. j Tiie matter was b rough! under discussion by a request irom ex-J | Force personnel who aie desirousl of forming a Dominion-wide J Force Association, and rcquesting advice as to the best way to set about it. The N.Z.R.S.A. has decided that it will offer every l'acility of its 102 branches to assist in the formation of the J Force Association in a siinilar procedure to that adopled wiien the N.Z.R.S.A. successluily iostered the formation of the I lorne Servicemen's Association, states a report issued by the Dominion executive commitlee. The N.Z.R.S.A. branches throughbut the country will be asked to eo-operate witli locai J Force personnel and convene meetings, at wliich interirn committees will be set up and delegales to a Dominion conference arranged for. Providing ex-J Force personnel are prepared to follow the same ■ coarse as was followed by Home . Service personnel, the N.Z.R.S.A. j will defray the entire cost of the | i first Dominion com'ereiiro. including transport and acconu.iodaiiOn. By this step the comixiit.ee is implementing a resolution of the recent Dominion conference, which instructed the N.Z.R.S.A. to assist returned members of J Force in the 1 formation .of an association of their own if they so desire, 1