New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 56

Page 1149

✨ Military Call-Up Notices

APRIL 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1149

Notice as to Men called up under the Military Service Act, 1916, for Service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

In pursuance of section 10 of the Military Service Act, 1916, I, James Allen, Minister of Defence for the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify that, pursuant to the said Act, and pursuant to a Warrant issued in that behalf under section 8 of the said Act on the 13th day of April, 1918, and pursuant to section 2 of the Military Service Amendment Act, 1917, the men whose names, places of abode, and occupations are set forth in the Schedule hereto are deemed to have been selected by lot from Class A of the Second Division of the Expeditionary Force Reserve for service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and I hereby declare that those men are called up for service with that Force accordingly.
Dated this 24th day of April, 1918.

SCHEDULE.
*Previously volunteered.

No. 1 (AUCKLAND) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
95363 Balneaves, Francis, Farm Hand, 24 Cobden St., Newton, Auckland.
95531 Carlisle, Kenneth, Actor and Journalist, 41 Wellesley St, Auckland.
95403 Hanson, George Percival, Driver, 29 Haskett St, Eden Terrace, Auckland.
96233 Hodgson, Alfred William, Cleaner, 32 Pitt St, Newton, Auckland.
95530 Outram, Charles, 57 Vermont St, Ponsonby.

No. 4 (WAIKATO) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
*95533 Cullen, Clifford, Road Contractor, Raglan.
97149 Graham, James Aubrey, Carpenter, care of E. A. Jones, Huntly.
95532 Martin, John Higgins, Farmer, Walton, Waikato.

No. 5 (WELLINGTON) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
95149 Bronkhorst, Benjamin Woolfe Justice, Traveller, 73 Manners St., Wellington.
95534 Ferguson, Ernest Edgar, Brewery Assistant, 1 Hall St, Wellington.
95380 Ruth, Charles, Waterside Worker, 55 Pipitea St, Wellington.
95536 Waters, Charles, Seaman, care of U.S.S. Company, Wellington.
95537 Willcox, Alfred, Electrical Engineer, 56 Oriental Bay, Wellington.
95538 Wood, Albert Edwin, Steward, care of Mr. Brown, 149 Willis St, Wellington.

No. 6 (MANAWATU) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
95539 Bowrey, Ernest Harold (known as Edwin Bird), Farm Hand, Moawhango.
95264 Greedy, Henry Thomas, Flax-mill Manager, Tokomaru.
98443 Jepsen, John Peter, Factory Hand, Bunnythorpe.

No. 7 (HAWKE'S BAY) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
95454 Fox, Harold Claude, Accountant, Greenmeadows, Napier.
95540 Mitchell, Richard Tarbet, Railway Employee, 30 Carlyle St, Napier.
*95541 Wilson, Adam Dodds, Farm Hand, care of G. Shaw, Ngamatea, via Hastings.

No. 8 (TARANAKI) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
95542 Hancock, John, Porter, Miranda St South, Stratford.

No. 9 (CHRISTCHURCH) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
95543 Muir, Peter Fredick, Slaughterman's Assistant, Yaldhurst Rd, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch.

No. 10 (SOUTH CANTERBURY) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
95544 Williams, William Ernest, Plumber, 129 Park St, Ashburton.

No. 13 (DUNEDIN) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
95546 Harkness, William John, Labourer, 25 Baldwin St, Northeast Valley, Dunedin.
95545 Rowe, Thomas, Mill Hand, Middlemarch, Taieri.

No. 14 (SOUTHLAND) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
95547 Dixon, John McCully, Seaman, Princess Hotel, Dee St, Invercargill.
95548 Nelson, Andrew, Lighterman, 218 Liddel St, Invercargill.

No. 15 (NORTH OTAGO) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
95549 Mitchell, John, Carpenter, Alexandra South.
95550 Wilson, Charles George, Cook, Chatto Creek, Moutere.

No. 17 (BAY OF PLENTY) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
95551 Kama, Keki, Labourer, Okere, Rotorua.

No. 18 (WAIRARAPA) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
95552 Bartholomew, Francis Arthur, Station Hand, Kahoutara, Featherston.
*95553 Musgrave, Charles Percy, Farm Hand, care of Mr. H. H. Beetham, Brancepeth, Masterton.

No. 20 (WANGANUI) RECRUITING DISTRICT.
95554 Dodd, James William, Bushman. nd Contractor, Ohakune.
95098 Malthouse, Henry Charles, Contractor, Seddon St, Raetihi.
95482 Worsley, Fred, Bushman, Ruatiti.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1918, No 56

NZLII — NZ Gazette 1918, No 56

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🛡️ Call-Up Notice for Military Service (continued from previous page)

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
Dated24 April 1918
KeywordsMilitary Service Act, Call-Up, Expeditionary Force, Auckland, Waikato, Wellington, Manawatu, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Christchurch, South Canterbury, Dunedin, Southland, North Otago, Bay of Plenty, Wairarapa, Wanganui
👱🏽 Names

35 names identified

Francis Balneaves, Called up for military service
Kenneth Carlisle, Called up for military service
George Percival Hanson, Called up for military service
Alfred William Hodgson, Called up for military service
Charles Outram, Called up for military service
Clifford Cullen, Called up for military service
James Aubrey Graham, Called up for military service
John Higgins Martin, Called up for military service
Benjamin Woolfe Justice Bronkhorst, Called up for military service
Ernest Edgar Ferguson, Called up for military service
Charles Ruth, Called up for military service
Charles Waters, Called up for military service
Alfred Willcox, Called up for military service
Albert Edwin Wood, Called up for military service
Ernest Harold Bowrey, Called up for military service
Henry Thomas Greedy, Called up for military service
John Peter Jepsen, Called up for military service
Harold Claude Fox, Called up for military service
Richard Tarbet Mitchell, Called up for military service
Adam Dodds Wilson, Called up for military service
John Hancock, Called up for military service
Peter Fredick Muir, Called up for military service
William Ernest Williams, Called up for military service
William John Harkness, Called up for military service
Thomas Rowe, Called up for military service
John McCully Dixon, Called up for military service
Andrew Nelson, Called up for military service
John Mitchell, Called up for military service
Charles George Wilson, Called up for military service
Keki Kama, Called up for military service
Francis Arthur Bartholomew, Called up for military service
Charles Percy Musgrave, Called up for military service
James William Dodd, Called up for military service
Henry Charles Malthouse, Called up for military service
Fred Worsley, Called up for military service

👩‍💼 Officials

James Allen, Minister of Defence

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