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MEMORIES OF MONS

“OLD CONTEMPTIBLE®" DINE. Tweny-seven “Old Contemptibles” who had snatched hurried meals of bully-beef and biscuits in the strenuous days of 1914 sat down to more leisurely repast on Saturday evening, when the Mons Veterans’ Association held its first reunion dinner in Auckland. After the loyal toast had been honoured. Captain J. Dawson proposed “The Army and Navy," and Sergeant-Major Andrews replied. The toast of “The Association” was proposed bv Mr P. C. Furlev. who said that the reunion had been brought about through the enthusiasm of Bombardier Jenkins, who had fired the first shell in the war The memory of Mons would go down in history and generations to come would revere it above Crecy and Agincourt. The secretary. Mr W. C. Pilgrim, said that the support given to the association was promising. The Returned Soldiers' Association had offered it the use of its rooms. Other old comrades in Auckland must be discovered. in time it was hoped to extend the membership all over the Dominion. A tally was taken of the numbers of men present belonging to the first seven divisions to set foot in France. There were 21 members of infantry and artillery units, six claming attachment to various cavalry brigades. The following provisional committee was elected :—President. Captain J. Dawson ; vice-president. Mr P. U. Furley: chairman Mr N. F. Elliott; secretary-treasurer, Mr W. C Pilgrim Bombardier Jenkins, referred to above, is now in Hastings, and will lecture at the Municipal Theatre tomorrow night nt the screening of the picture "Mons.”

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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 29 November 1927, Page 5

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MEMORIES OF MONS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 29 November 1927, Page 5

MEMORIES OF MONS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 29 November 1927, Page 5

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