HERE WE GO

Gun Flash, Issue XXXIX, 17 July 1943, Page 1

HERE WE GO

• Well, we’re on the move again « no more pictures every night - no more going to tho Beer Garden every week - we shall miss a lot of luxuries which we have on joyed up 'till now in this part of Nocal. Evon tho R.S.M. will be hard hit - he won’t be able to got anymore "lettuce" - or will he???? (Rumour has it that he has been planning ahead, and has made suitable arrangements’. U.) Well -we shall seo what we shall see. And what about the functions in which tho Navy has taken such an active part? You won’t have to worry much longer, Mac, as to whether the. Navy gets too much practice in Rugby and" is able to beat our teams. ' "And" the R.H.Q. officers won’thave to worry about the prospect of sore heads whenever a Royal Naval vessel shows up’. "" ' “ : Still, we shall miss all these things. . We. have been very comfortable for eight months and have had every convenience wo ' could"wish for under the circumstances - there is no getting away from the fact that we shall have to do without a lot of much appreciated conveniences (and I’m not -- referring to our "seaside bungalow", though wo shall miss that too’.’.) when wo go North. The Regiment is starting out afresh and it is, perhaps, on even bigger break that, when we left Pahautanui. We are embarking on what is to most of us an entirely new venture - that of a training depot. Life, will be monotonous at times, and there will be plenty of "spit and polish", though not enough, we sincerely hope, to interfere "with the"'main job of learning all we can about fighting the Jap and how\to beat him-at his own game. And it is a big job for a Coast Gunner suddenly ‘kui*n' round and forget most of the things ho has been taught about coast. work and learn to be a Field . Gunner.' ~ But, and I think every man will agree with me, it is up to us, the members of the 33rd. Heavy Regiment, N.Z.A., to put our every effort forward in determining to be as efficient as it is possible to be at our various jobs, no matter ‘what they may be, so that we can got into this war in a fighting role and help to stop all this tremendous spoilage of men and materials on the field of battle. Our feelings can be summed up in tin words "I want to go home". Yes, wo all do - but not until the enemy has been thrashed on all fronts so thoroughly. that he may never rise again to ■ threaten the peace of this little world of ours.

It’s up to us to help.

-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 -o—o-0— -0-0-0-p—O—O—O Ed« It is intended to publish "Gun Flash” next week as usual, deppite the changes talcing place. As a result of the various moves it will probably be difficult to obtain sufficient material to fill the paper and contributors are urged to forward as much as they po c sibly can and as EARLY in the week as possible to enable us to continue with this issue. We also intend keeping the paper going once we ar(g§jjp. our new site and will need plenty of material almost ii.’mediately

-0-0-0-0-0-0~0“0-0-0-0-0-0-0“0-0-on our arrival there - there should be plenty of incidents concerning tho move Northwards, on which•.something can he written, * X -0-0-0-O-O-O-O-O-9-0- ; - 4 MARK I: (Doing crossword puzzle) "Give me a four letter word ending with "I T" - you find it in the bottom of a bird cage,” MARK II: "GRIT”. MARK I: "Hand me the rubber, Baldy".