TRAINING IN ENGLAND

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 31, 31 October 1942, Page 7

TRAINING IN ENGLAND

Mr. Jordan Visits R.N.Z.N.V.R. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn. Copyright.) (Special Correspondent.) (Received October 30, 9 p.m.) LONDON, October 29. Many members of the R.N.Z.N.V.R. who have served in warehips ■na nvina convoys to Russia and Malta SSoUuH.M.S. KUgAIM UljM commissions. The New a . la “ d Commissioner; Mr. Jordan, visiting th officers’ training ship met 91 IS ®? v .f e T landers. He learnt from Captain J. N Belly. C.8.E., the commanding officer, the very high opinion in which they are held and also that a sroup of New Zealanders invariably secure the Bisrhest average marks ot all Empire entrants in psychological tests Hundreds of New Zealanders have now been in the King Alfred. Mr Jordan, addressing those present, tribuw 10 cwtoin roily M tbe interest he has taken in then, said he hoped Captain Belly -would visit tlie Dominion after the war when h would be assured of the warmest we - C °Mr Jordan, who was accompanied by Mr S. R. Skinner, naval liaison officer, and Lieutenant-Colonel L.. S. Halliwell, Auckland, militaiy lia \ s ° officer, spent the day visiting the ship s branches. Varied Service. Following are among those he met, all •being cadet ratings except where otherX denoted :-T. F. Southel, J. Lrnelic Wellington, and ,F. B. Ihupoit, Palmereton Nojth (who F.- a-* Bishop. II- F. w. Bruorton, Christchurch; F. TBamford, L. H. Blair, Waipukurau; D. C. Dunedin (who served in the a Kent) ; J. S. Gurney, W. G. Hower, d. U. Rice, Wellington; D. S. Jlait, 1 ing; G. K. Natuscu, Napier, J. tei , ’ Palmerston North in a de_ cH-nver in the Russia and .W“ w vovs) • H. I’. Anderson, XV ellmgton, A. W Worth, Auckland (who served o'thre destroyer on a Russian eon S Burley, Gisborne; 1. \f’ XVaihi •B. A. Hunter, Ilelensville, 1. • Sunderland, Havelock North (in a destroyer in a Malta convoy) ,D- I™ l ton "T. J. Bourke, L. G. Gan, D. G. soiu Wellington (who scrved v l ,‘ tfrica Salisbury) ; D. s U ’Be'ad’ Weirence, Chnstehurehij. K . Dunedin Jianui? P G Gibbs? Taumarunui (who served in the Illustrious); I- R- l° l . K’ P™ n Chrisichurc n h 7wh v o nerved eraft landing troops a Mada ; a £ car Z; 1 E Hodge, Palmerston Noith (at and Malta convoys); J. D. Takaiiuna (in a minesweeper in Russian wnters) • A O. Woodhouse, Napier (in a Xue motor-launch picking up members if the R.A.F. from the English Channel) 5 E 11. Luke, Napier (in the V ictorious). K E Lipanovic, Kaitangata, was torpedoed twice in three months, first in the Trinidad and then in the loresight. He told Mr. Jordan: “I did not even get wet A.. V. Kemptliorne Dunedin, was in a minesweeper which assisted in the action when the Edinburgh was sunk.