A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER.

Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 1, 12 June 1943, Page 1

A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER.

I ■ j . This issue of '’’Dozer dust ■ mJ - marks the completion of our fired ! 5 weeks in Nov; Caledonia* in that time much has been j ! dono & Thanks to the efforts of I i tho Advance Party under the com-; ■ I mand of Major West, wo were sparI cd much discomfort on arrival. j Wo have established comps which i are improving in appearance and | comfort daily, and even now comj pare favourably with others. j We have also undertaken certain j jtasks for others and have cotab— j • lished our first contacts. Much j i has boon done in this short time j yet much remains to bo done and j j particularly in our role of j Works Service Engineers, much- is I expected of us. I Before us lies a large pro-j gramme of work, and we have al- j ; ready sampled the difficulties 1 of attempting to carry out work j | , without adequate or even any faci” i Bo not discouraged by these difficulties howeverj the whole of this force lias been faced by similar difficulties for months past . and tho manner in which tho difficulties .have boon overcome, ! plus the results achieved ; j should be an example to all of j us.. I , | j ' Before any task can bo at- ’ ; tempted, some organisation of J i the forces available is access— j ; ary, and this organisation • ; • should bo designed to form a tear} I tho individual members of which ; • will function for tho good of. j I tho whole. Wo are such a team, j and it is tho responsibility of i each and every one of us to roa- | | lice the importance of our own I i (continued next column) I k**** *****************************!

* individual place in this to?. Iso that wo will., spare no per--I sonal effort to ensure that | OUR team carries out its allo; I task efficiently® j v Wo all have a place in th' : unit team and the unit team I task, and. tho manner in which • this task is carried out doI pends entirely on the spirit ■ behind the individual effort o Similarly, the unit has ’a plain the great United Nations team which is now striving against our enemies. The success of each team is dependi ant on the successful funct- ’ ioning of its components, and ■J it is therefore up to each one iof us to see that our 11 own j show goes”. Let' us therefore face the / future with whatever difficulties , or disappointment, or successes it nay bring I with the. firn resolve to du . our part for the sake of 1 flpv* j those dear ones loft bohinw lities. |\ Signed, fljfl Lu J Col® 'A't June 12, IW '