Lt-Col. C. F. Lows "Our Colonel"

Observation Post, Volume 1, Issue 1, 22 May 1942, Page 1

Lt-Col. C. F. Lows " Our Colon el"

as the result of wounds received in the Greek campaign.. As was natural,' many serving members 61 the Battery joined' the N.Z.E.F. and as far as is .known three of these—Gnr. Livingstone, Gnr. Liidemann (later Sgt.), and Sgt. Bannerman-have.. lost their lives on active service. t ;. ' Mobilised in September) 1940, as D Troop,’-Bth. Battery, the unit undertvent three months’, continuous .training concluding with a week/-’ of mud and snow at Waiouru which added the expression when we did that show in Totem Valley’’ to the Battery Vocabulary. 5 In January, 1.941, the 37th. Battery was mobilised, A Troop being composed of Wellington men and in three months, the Battery became a very efficient fighting unit. Reorganisation and N.Z.E.F. postings created some disorganisation until filially 4th. Battery . with D.E. and F. troops emerged ; in May, 1941, and splashed its way rough the manoeuvres held that month, adding incidentally, “Per- 1 rin’s Ridge.” “Bidwell’s and “Porirua” Io our vocabulary with, of course, suitable adjectives. • . . ■/ -,.,■ ’ Then finally with the Regiment reorganised into, three two-troop Batteries, ’E> Troop ■ became the nucleus of 6 Battery, D and F became respectively A and B Troops of 4 Battery, .while 3 Battery resumed its old number 5. and here we; are. '■ ‘ . ' .Through all our wanderings and numberings and * letterings we have gained and lost many , fine soldiers, and it is due to our own self-respect that when they return as veterans of the Second Great War they will not be ashamed to claim association with their old unit. ~.. ,• , .