5WWCT Battalion holds reunion for more than 200 in Whanganui
3 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
A reunion for members of the Wellington, West Coast and Taranaki (WWCT) 5th Battalion brought more than 200 people to Whanganui, with the 5WWCT Pipes and Drums on hand to welcome familiar faces. Among the attendees at last weekend s reunion was Whanganui-born Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae, who served as New Zealand s 20th Governor-General and Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force from 2006 to 2011.
Whanganui Staff Sergeant Soloman Vaetoru said the reunion drew service members, now in their late 80s, who joined in the early 1960s right through to current personnel.