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Defence Force hopes Whanganui information evening will scout the next recruits
18 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Reserve recruiter Joseph Hungerford-Morgan has been busy running flyers around Whanganui trying to garner interest for the Reserves. Photo / Bevan Conley
Reserve recruiter Joseph Hungerford-Morgan has been busy running flyers around Whanganui trying to garner interest for the Reserves. Photo / Bevan Conley
The Whanganui Reserve Battalion is trying round up new recruits.
It will hold an information session next week, with Reserve recruiter Joseph Hungerford-Morgan hoping to see many keen locals pop their heads in.
The information evening will be at the Whanganui Army Office, 86 Maria Pl Extension, with soldiers from the 5th/7th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, giving a presentation on what it means to be a part of the Reserves.
Anzac Day preparations in full swing in Tararua
13 Apr, 2021 01:19 AM
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Members of the Women s Section of Dannevirke RSA Ann Berry (left), president Verna Hutching, vice-president Jill Ross and Christine Littlejohn. Photo / Sue Emeny
Members of the Women s Section of Dannevirke RSA Ann Berry (left), president Verna Hutching, vice-president Jill Ross and Christine Littlejohn. Photo / Sue Emeny
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Sue Emeny
Volunteers will be hitting the streets of Tararua on Friday for Poppy Day, which provides vital funding for the Returned Servicemen s Association.
Members of the Women s Section of RSA, along with some of their male counterparts, will be selling poppies from five locations around Dannevirke from 8.30am until 3pm.
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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.