HONOURED IN HISTORY
N.Z. RIFLE BRIGADE REUNION AT CHRISTCHURCH Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, To-day. Former members of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade held a reunion last evening, Colonel A. E. Stewart presiding. After the loyal toast had been honoured the chairman proposed the toast of “Fallen Comrades,” of whom he said there were 3,000 of the brigade, including their leader, Brigadier-General H. T. Fulton. The toast of “The Brigade” was proposed by Lieutenant-Colonel Thoms, Chief Staff Officer, Southern Command, who said that war consisted of long months of monotony punctuated by moments of intense fearl All the same they were not afraid of another one. Replying, the chairman said that the New Zealand Rifle Brigade’s name was honoured wherever historians recorded anything of the Great War. The brigade had two V.C.’s, Lieutenant Frickleton and Sergeant Laurent, and over 600 other decorations.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 356, 17 May 1928, Page 16
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