WE INTERVIEW MAJOR. S. WEST. A/C.R.E.

Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 13, 4 September 1943, Page 2

WE INTERVIEW MAJOR. S. WEST. A/C.R.E.

# « what is the this is a question no have been asked so often that wo decided to carry it bodily”across the river end ask major west -to deal with it* ho was busy poring over maps and plans with which hie table was littered, nevertheless,. ho. told us to park the body while ho cleared a space on tho"table* * * * lighting his pipe and bitting bock; ho said that ho had noticed some confusion in the use of the abbreviation r •o»r.a3- i: ; it ItT not our prising She . continued that -it iv something of -a minor mysterv,? the. confusion ar is co in thin<cxng .. of the 7 letters meaning a unit? in the first place it is an appointment, that is to say, it refers-to a person and his staff? secondly, it as an abbreviation of 'COLANDER 0? ROYAL-'' ■ENGINEERS®- actually, thio is something of a misnomer ■ when applied to ■ now saal&nd- angin*< ears a COMMANDNET ZEALAND ENGINEERS would-be - tho correct title and probably loss confusing to the average person? * * * ho then wont on to point out that in the n*3*o.fei*P» thor ■is the c,r.e. of 3rd, div. engineers who han command of divisional engineers which oonsfr Sets of field- companion and fiold park t om« . panics, tho. role of field engineers in this and the last war is tju«".icxcnwly well known to poss without further comment» * * * the other am of. tho engineering service is eq- . ually important and is the one wo are direbly intorestcd in« here again wo have the same organisation in the or*ot» and staffj though in this unit slight changes have occuro a ■ on the eel’s©* ; start. -wo have i:i.ev.b» munn who is "works officer and has boon- riationed ah noumca,, 11out* scatt, o I eat riyal and mechanical officer, and Hout. bvorkor who is'stores ameer'ir< charge of what io known as '' c»r©Oo store »*■ ” it i’J tnoso officers , said-'major west, 4 have to than.c for working out details ow jobs, and rarry *» ing out with painstaking ■ ve.ro work ouch r us the or ganis-ation of the technical p/.a-ro and other ‘worked * * our equivalent to ...xo.ld & park companies xs WORKS OONbTtiJ . IIOx CO** which■' in turn 'is divided in -u bilge, .b.nd services sections® there is also the WHARF OPERATING. 007' which., as. we knovz spoHali ’ in work' that io risky and css unit a.L * * * hho duties of .OcßoE.*- includethnt 0... Ga technical advisor to the.formation commander, estimating roquiramenta of.engineers stores,- supplies. and issues, fromt this it may be gathered that engineer units-, as a body, : arc called upon to under uaLo molMf — - ariox*o tasks •••arid have always-an quitted themselves: with hoK.tab so that around the activities of NN'NEo there has a -wolcped a • tradition of ’which v/e may all bp’ proivlc * * * * and now f as large parties of TORI’S SERVICES are moving out to undertako another phase of our' work ? continue 1 -', major west, s: i should like to coovoy a .P'jrsonex mos.->ugo to all ranks? wo all know that wo have to build a hospital; what oom a of you may not know is that it must bo built quickly* tho KIWIS have gone .reward t-» less healthy regions* the Apt.'S SERVICES role in uus - ting the xans wile net so diroct, glamor 0 ? dangerous la ortho Lafe s ot.ton 1.1 a* and imnortnn’.-j 4 * cent* nea:t w'.-. 0 .

* * * a small party has been at DUM3EA valloy and good progress made, bulldozers have boon busy on tho formation of subgrades for roads and levelling of building sites, our immediate tack is tho creation of a theatre block of four wards of sixty beds, staff accommodation and provision of water and drainage systems, tho buildings are all of prefabricated typo and advice has been received that they are on their way. * * ♦ other work will havo to proceed at tho same time maintenance and other work will necessitate a party working at base arua« these jobs all havo an important bearing on • thoofficiant organisation of tho FORCE® * * * you have proved yours&lflos adaptable, capable and willing to put your beat into the work® in asking you for your maximum yffort in the tasks that lie ahcaf« 1 do so in the belief that you will work together as a team, and in that way, show wo know how to do our part. * * * long y hours. and inconvoniincoo lie ahead of us • * * * they faced 'us on our arrival and were overcome without bellyaching. i fool confident you will do tho seme on this occasion. * * * to oach and ovary one 1 . would ask i remember that-wo exist to render a service to the DIVISION and. wo are duty bound to to do our best for our follow KICT and their folk back home ?