FAREWELL TO OFFICER
LIEUTENANT JUDSON, V.C. Officers of the First Battalion, the Auckland Regiment, gave a farewell dinner last evening, in the Officers’ Club, to Lieutenant R. S. Judson, V.C., N.Z.S.C., who is leaving to take up duties in Taranaki. Lieutenant-Colonel T. H. Dawson, who presided, expressed his regret at losing Mr. Judson, while wishing him every success in his new sphere. The conduct of the battalion during the 10 years he had been stationed in Auckland was referred to by Lieutenant Judson in his reply. He mentioned, especially, the manner in which the “Battle of Woofit” had been conducted.
Farewell was also said to Captain B. W. Croker, who is removing shortly to Dannevirke, where he will follow his profession of architect.
Major E. Puttick was welcomed into the battalion by Lieutenant-Colonel Dawson.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19291030.2.195
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 807, 30 October 1929, Page 18
Word Count
134FAREWELL TO OFFICER Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 807, 30 October 1929, Page 18
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in