Personal

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 35, 23 February 1940, Page 3

Personal

T. C. Lowry, sole selector of the New Zealand Cricket: Association and former New Zealand cricket captain, has enlisted. He 1s a well-known sheep-farmer in the Taihape district and a member of the Hawke’s Bay family. T. Cattley, representative in New Zealand tor W. and A. Gilby, Ltd., has enlisted for service and will go into camp with the 3rd Echelon. J. W. Kealey, a member of the Auckland City Council, has volunteered for service overseas with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Tony Whitlock, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Whitlock, of Hastings, is training with the non-commissioned officers of the 2nd. Echelon. H. J. D. Acland, a member of the well-known Canterbury family, has enlisted with the 2nd Echelon. He has been farming at Peel Forest. Rex King, who captained the 1939 New Zealand Rugby Leagué team, has enlisted with the 2nd Echelon. C. D. Weller, of Wanganui, the New Zealand cross-country champion, has joined up with the 2nd Echelon. He won his. title in 1936, and retained it’ in 1937, 1938, and 1939. Gordon Burgess, sawmill manager, of Inchbonnie, Westland, is in camp with the 2nd Echelon. D. D. Burdett, traffic inspector, -of Greymouth, is in training with the troops of the 2nd Echelon. R. J. Abbott, a well known Christchurch commercial traveller, has enlisted with the 2nd Echelon. G. L. Hogben, son of Mr. Julius Hogben, Auckland solicitor, has been granted a commission in the Royal Navy. He was an Auckland Rhodes’ Scholar. W. Batty, the well known All Black, who represented New Zealand in 1928, 1930, and 1931, has enlisted for service overseas. He joined up in Auckland. A. R. Gee, building contractor, of Wellington, has gone into camp at Narrow Neck to train with the non-com-missioned officers of the 3rd Echelon. K. G. Kearney, advertising manager at 1ZB, has been posted for training at Papakura as an N.C.O. for the 2nd Echelon. He is a former Canterbury Rugby Union Representative.