CAMP NEWS AND NOTES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2732, 29 March 1916, Page 6

CAMP NEWS AND NOTES

.^MPOt^Y'APPQiN'IMENTSi

: '.Major 0.; B. ; .BreretonA'as 'been/posted to the 11th Reinforcements. ,

,■■ The following temporary" appointments have been approved- by the Camp' Commandant at Trentham: —' ■ -.■. •' : -' : : Headquarters -Staff (Q.M;.: Stores).-; Corpl./A.'Searle,■ to'; be'qu'a'rtennastereSfgeaiit::;;./;;-.-."'/;■,-.'■''. :.Z:: : .l_.' : V- w - v _ ; Army Pay Department,—Pte. 0. B. Robertson, to be pay'sergeant; Corpl. A.--F. .Spillanej' Headquarters Staff, to be sergeant..-'.-... '*'.:: :.:.',:' .■ : b.-.,- ' '■ New Zealand Eogineers. nth. Reinforcements.—Corpl. R. G. Bint, to be sergeant; Lance-CorpLs. J. W. Body and J. Haig, to be corporals; Sappers A. R. Penman, D. JV Boss, "W. A. M'Callum, J.'-Riddoll, H. V.. Thorburn, to belanoe:corporals.....:.;•'.'!.'-'..~,. '.''.. • . ,'■■': .. '-.■■ ■New Zealand Field Engineers, ''14th Reinforcementa-fCorpl..'■; F.' ,G. Blake, R. Worley,to~be'sergeant's jjSapper A. Stevenson, to be:.l:mce-corpofal; Sapper O.'J. Ashley, to be orderly room clerk. H Compauy, llth Reinforcements.— Corpl. R. Yeysey. to 'be sergeant. New Zealand Field Artillery, 12th Re-ibforcements.T-Bombr.. A. J. Schilling, to be corporal./ I o'Company,'-.- 11th; Corpl.- > ■ J.- ■ Hayton, "to •:be.'., sergeant;; LiWCorpls.' 3I:,:C.i ; Bromell;-, .r5V.,,,. s J„ Nesbit, C'-W.-'Cogdale/S. P-. M'Callumj Pte. 0. A. 'Johnson*-to-be corporals;-' C Company, 11th Reinforcements:— Sergt. A.. E.-Ireland,j-to-t"oe sergeantmajor. ;.-..;...-.;,r'"^:'!- ; ■'■'"• ■■ .■■'"■•■"' i"'B Company,'l4tli^Reinforcements.— Ptes. J. T: Baokhonse; A. E.-Jennings, W. J: Jennings, W.'L. Looker, J. Mahoney, N;'-T. M'Rae, 0.-'Ei-Peake, H.-K.-. WrigM,"toVbelance^cbrvJprals'. A Company, 15th Reinforcements.— Corpl. ■6. H.' ! Niohdllsj : -to'be- company sergeant-major; Corpls. "W- ■ R- /Williams,, E.B. Davy; A. Morpeth, R. B. Shearman, to be sergeants. . B . Reinforcements.— CorphC. 6: H. Robinson, to be company sergeant-major; Corpls. H. Lawson, T. A. Blyth, W. ClingbeTg, G. G., Potts, to be sergeants. : .-:; "■/'■'■.'. . o:Company, loth; . Corpl. C. L. CcV to he, company;, ser-geant-major; Corpls. W.-I. St. George, G' : ; : -T. "Weston, ,H."-'Beani J. F. M'Padden, to : be sergeants: ; ;'•', / •.-•■. The following" returned soldiers havr ihg roported ,at .Trentham for duty are transferred •' lb the . undermentioned units:—s/239 Driver's; Hardie, A.S.C.. 4th,- to A':S;C., ; 11th'; 4/424> Sapper M. •M'Donald, N.Z.E., Mli:, '■ to N.Z.E., ; llth; 12/561 Sergt. ■ R. H: Hams, -A.1.8., M.B:, to A Company, llth, .-; :.:'.'.'Captain. R. D.. Elliott, New Zealand ■ Dental Corps, has reported at Trentham for duty.' '■■■■>•'■ :•:' v '. '" ■-'-'■: "The Camp Commandant "at Trentham acknowledges recoipt of 12 cases, apples, kindly forwarded by the Hawke's /Bay Fruit Growers' Association. These were distributed as follows:-—Fr G, and

H Companies, 11th Reinforcements.. ■■ 9 cases; llth Engineers, 3;cases.. ... The. Commandant also acknowledges the gift of a quantity of bulbs for the Hospital , garden from Mr. Blackhead Station, Hawke's'-Bay", " ; ';' .' ;,- The receipt of a consignment of/periodicals, book 6, old. linen, socks, and-jug covers, -kindly "forwarded, by the Ladies' 'Patriotic Society, New Plymouth, is also acknowledged; also three cases'of fruit and one case,"of tomatoes, kindly forwarded by the Soldiers' Comforts Guild, .Wellington. These have been applied for tho use of patients in'the Military Base Hospital. '•It has been reported ' • (states ' Featherston camp orders) that ; several-• instances have occurred where soldiers on leave travelling on the ferry steamers Have lost various sums of money. There is strong reason to suspect that this money has been stolen. Men on leave are earnestly warned to take strict procautions against leaving , their kits' or clothing in which they may have money or valuables lying about.The following temporary'' appointments have been approved by the Camp Commandant at Featherston— ■ Pte. J. Moore, Telephone Exchange'; to be corporal; Pte. H. V. Arnold, Telephone Exchange, to bo corporal; Corpl. T. H. Horton,' Headquarters Camp Commandant's office, to be sergeant; Corpl. H. Rhodes,. Headquarters Camp Commandant's office, to be sergeant; Pte. F. P. Kane, Headquarters Camp.Commandant's office, to bo corporal; Pte. F. -W. Adamson, Headquarters Camp Commandant's office, to be corporal; Pte. Saddler C. Young, A Squadron, 12th, to bo-saddler sergeant; Lance-Corpls. A. J. Moore, A. Knight, iW. R. Oxenham, H. K. Kenrick, H Company, 13th, to be corporals; Pte. B. Johnston; H Company, ; 13th, to be lance-corporal; Corpl. S. H. Forbes, A Squadron, 18th, to be lance-sergeant; Lance-Corpls. W. ,T. Harris and A. Turner, A Squadron. 13th, to be corporals ; Ptes. G. Collins, C. C. Tarrant, L. M. Harper, J. Horsfall, J. M. Burd, T. C. Hodgson, A Squadron, 18th,'to bo lance-corporals.

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