27th REINFORCEMENTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3021, 7 March 1917, Page 6

27th REINFORCEMENTS

MOBILISATION BEGINS

WELLINGTON MEN ENTER , CAMP

The mobilisation of the Twenty-sev-enth Reinforcements, with additional men required to cover existing shortages in the training camps, ds now proceeding. The 'Wellington men went into camp yesterday, and the drafts from the other districts will follow in the usual order, tho mobilisation being completed by Wis end of the week.

•The recruits i'ivjm Group o (Wellington City and Suburbs) paraded at the Group Headquarters in the morning and marched through the city to Lambton Station, headed by the drummers and prompters of the sth (Wellington) Regiment, under Sergeant Driver and the Central Mission Band, under Bandmaster H. Baker. The draft was the largest seen in Wellington for some months, and the physique of most of the. men was excellent. The names of the recruits sent into camp from Group 5 are as follows :— , Mounted Rifles. J. O.'W. Anderson, R. N. Bail, P. Canavau, S. R. Dromgoo!, J. W. Lucas, R. H. Pope, C. O. F. Ungated, H. F. Robinson, B. Teague, W. T. Whelan, AV. Woods. Artillery N. W. Breen, A. P. Brown, T. G. Campbell, R. A. Chishplm, A. D. Colquhoun, C. A. Colquhoun, R V. Farquhar, S. C. Glading, J. A. Gray, S. Guy, D. Herdman, H. G. Johns, D. V. Johnstone, J. E. J. M'Arthur, N. M'Dougall, C. E. W. Moran, J. R, Nicholson, A. C. Palmer, C. G. Pearse, T. H. Rapson, H. W. Rule, 0. W. Scott, A. Whelan, F. C Woofßndin Engineers. G. Bennett, J. J. Dagleish. Signal Service. , A. Lindsay, W. O. Oxeuham, T. F. Thornton, H. G. M'Lennan. Infantry. V. H. S. Adair, A. Aberg, F. G. Bolton, W. F. Bcntley, F. Body, S. Biber, A. J. Clifford-Bramah, M. J, Donovan, W. Davis, W. Denham, J. Evans, H. H.Fawcett, W. H. Fumiss, E. J. Fuller, W. N. Hawkhead, W. D. Hood, P. S. Hobbs, P. G. Harper, S. F. Hudson, F. Hayes, E. L. Higgins, L. W. Hobbs, N. Horrebin, G Jones, J. Killen, E. A. Keating, J. Linklater, R. Morris, E. J. Mulhane, J. D. M'Leau, V.-L. M'Ghie, J. Newton, S. Odlin, W. A. T. G. Reid, H. Rodgerson, J. F. Rhodes, V. A. AV. Robinson, J. L. Ryan, J. S. Scott. W. J. Taylor, W. H. Tilsley, G. A. Thurston, A. Tew, F. C. Turley, A Worsfold. W. Wilson, S. Whiteman, H. H. Wilson, S. Brickell, S. Birtwistle, J. Bebbington J. L. Climie, J. A. Devons, J. Gibb, P. J. Hawko, W. C. Helloway, R. J. Filching, J. Looney, C. Leary, R. D. Pul lar, A. H. Petterson. L.' Stephenson, F. W. Simms, F. J. Wilson. T. F Babbage, A W. Cook, G. S. Cliicholm, W. H. Davies, T. A. Houghton, R. C. Lee, J. Maclean, F. JJorton, R. Wain, W. R, Wingett, A. S. Dawson. J. O'Connell, C. A. Woodford, D. Perrv, H. J. Clench, A. D. Gibbs, W. A. Nicholson, R. Nichol. F. C. Grcgorv, E. S. M'Anulty, H. Stewart, J. Gihb, T. P. Kellv.

Ambulance. G. F. Stephenson, AY. A. Butler, W. Wallace, N. Kinvig, W. Mantcek. Pay Department.' R. K. Lyon'. 30th N.C.O.'S. The local quota- .of n.c.o.'s for tho Thirtieth Reinforcements was also sent into oamp yesterday. Their uam<*s are as follow:— Mounted Rifles.—B. Whyte. Artillery.—J. A. G. M'Gregjr. Infantry.—Leo O'Sullivan, E. Warwick, T. A. Coulter, C. S. Jclferv, 1< S. S. Weeber, G. L. 'White, G. R, Smith, F. L.- Barr, rl. TV K'cinan. aTyndall, G. C. Gibson, W. R. Cecil.--,' E. Petherick, W. T. Richa-Is. Ambulance.—C. W Fletcher . A.S.C.—J. V. Curtis.