Islands Recruits For The
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A.I.F.
IT was announced officially on June 19 that Australia would provide fur ther recruiting facilities in Papua and New Guinea for men desirous of enlisting in the A.I.F. Recruiting is now being carried on by commanders of the military units at Port Moresby and Rabaul, and all recruits accepted are being sent to Australia as local con ditions permit. During the month, re cruits have been accepted at Port Moresby, Samarai, Rabaul, Wau, Kavi eng, Kieta, Salamaua, Madang, Wewak.
Morobe’S Splendid Response
Prom Our Own Correspondent WAU, July 6.
To-day, the second Goldfields contin gent (less Bulolo and Bulwa, who went direct) paraded in front of the District Office in Wau and were publicly fare welled.
Thirty-two men have been passed medically fit, 7 were passed unfit for Class 1; 5 were found to be temporarily unfit for the same class; 15 were pre vented from going by reason of being in “reserved occupations”; and 3 were re cruited specially for the R.A.A.F. The following were passed fit and attested:— E. G. Hadley, R. S. Fell, F. H. Everall, A.
T. Leydin, H. C. Halliday, P. H. Axsentieff, G.
W. Smith, A. J. Winterford, J. R. A. Lamb, A.
H. Cresswell, B. W. Borodale, J. H, Lonergan, N. C. Momsen, E. Spence, D. C. Irvine, M. E.
Blackett, W. G. Ekblade, D. P. Spankie, W. P.
Coutts, W. Penman, S. Atkinson, J. H. Allan, H. Lumb, E. L. Till, D. R. Phillips, J. A. Davis, L. Stamper, J. T. Galwey, W. M. Robertson, P. J. R. Honan, R. Paslow, A, G. Lapham.