1939-10-21 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 21, 1939

HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS

3rd Battery:

Gun Detachments Monday 23rd Oct. and Thursday 26th Oct. Belchers. 5.30 p.m.

Dress-Overalls, S.D. caps and G.P.

H.K., Friday 20th Oct., 1939. Orders by Lt. Col. H. B. Rose, M.c. Commandant, H.K. Volunteer Defence Corps.

Orderly Medical Officer Friday 27th October. H.Q. 5.30 p.m. shoes. Lieut. E. W. Stout.

Appointment

Extract from Government Gazette No: 67 dated 13.10.39.

"His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve the. follow ing appointment in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, with effect from 19th September, 1939:-

Mr. John Patrick Sherry to be tem- porarily Captain, 13th October, 1939." Promotion

Extract from Government Gazette No. 67 dated 13.10.39.

Range-Finders Monday 23rd Oct. and Thursday 26th Oct. Belchers, 5.30 p.m.

Dress-Overalls, S.D. caps and G.P. shoes. It is essential that all those the examination who failed to pass attend both these parades.

Sundays 22nd and 29th Oct. chers. 10 a.m.

Those detailed.

Lewls Gun Squad Monday 23rd Oct. H.Q. 5.15 p.m. Dress-Overalls, S.D. caps and G.P.

shoes:

1

Wednesday 25th Oct. H.Q. 5 p.m.

Range. Dress S.D. caps, K.D. shirts, K.D. trousers, webbing belts, boots.

Rage go

Field Ambulance

Wednesday 26th Oct. and Friday 27th Oct. Field Ambulance Parade

Sunday 28th Oct. Stonecutters. Ground, 5.30 p.m. Dress as for last

M.G. Part II -

drill:

Pay Section Friday 27th Oct. H.Q. 5.30 p.m.

Corps Orders-Amendment i Corps Orders No 41/39 dated 13.10:39.

(1) Para. 8. Leave. Delete the name of "3169 Pte. D.B. Nelson, No. 1 'Company."

Delete

(ii) Para. 10. Transfers. the following names:-

"2426 Gnr. M. F. Houghton" 1172 Pte. A. Garcia.”

Appointment & Promotions Sgt. A. Steven, Field Amb. to be C.Q.M.S. 17.10.39.

to be

be

Cpl. R. Leigh, Field Amb.

Cpl. T. S. Clark, Field Amb. to be Sergt. 19.10.39.

No. 3 Company Monday 23rd Oct. and Thursday 26th Oct. H.Q. 5.30 p.m. MG. and L.G. training as ir training pro gramme.

Range. Oct. Peak Sunday 29th Table A. Those detailed.

No. 4 Company

Peak Range. Sunday 22nd Oct. 9.30 am. Recruits. Complete Rifle Table A. Tickets for. Peak Tram to Bel-be obtained at H.Q. before 9.00 a.m. 5.30 p.m. Tuesday 24th Oct. H.Q. N.C.O.'s Class. Lecture. Map: read- Ing.

5.80 Wednesday 25th Oct. H.Q. p.m. N.C.O.'s. C Class. L.G. instruc- Sergt. 17.10.39.

Cpl. D. Walker, Field Amb. to tion. Those detailed musketry

Friday 27th Oct. H.Q. 5:30 p.m. Sergt. 13.10.39.. Company parade. L.G. instruction. Repeat Lesson 4.

Sunday 29th Oct. Kennedy Road Range. 9.30 a.m. Musketry.

No. 5 Company Tuesday 24th Oct. H.Q. (i) Class A. Sand, Table lecture on Monday 23rd October. Belchers "General considerations in the Occu- 5.30 p.m. Dress-Overalls and S.D. pation of positions, Occupation of a direct fire position and Occupation of an indirect fire position (ii) Class B. E.G.D. (iii) Class.C. L.A. (Continu- ed).

No. 6 Company

H.Q. 5.30 p.m. Tuesday 24th Oct.

N.C.O.'s. as detailed. Special (1)

L.G. in- Class. (ii) Trained structions (Continued). (iii) Recruits. L.G. elementary handling, Duties of Nos. 1 and 2. Take post, Action and Cease Fire.

"His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve the follow-for Kennedy Road ing promotion in the Hong Kong Vol- unteer Defence Corps, with effect from 29th September, 1939:-

Sergeant David Lamb Prophet to be 13th October, Second Lieutenant. 1939."

Resignation of Commission Extract from Government Gazette No. 67 dated 13.10.39.

"His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve that Col- onel Lennox Godfrey Bird, D.SO., O.D.E., be allowed to resign his Com- mission in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, with effect from 28th September, 1939.

Volunteer Ordinance Amendment The attention of all ranks is invit ed to an amendment to the Volunteer Ordinance No. 10 of 1933 which was published in the Government Gazette No. 68 dated 18.10.39.

Qualification-Gas Instructors The under-mentioned qualified in a Corps Gas Instructors' Course com- pleted on Wednesday 11th October.

2nd Battery-Sgt. A. A. Andrews, Gnr. J. H. B. Lee.

Corps Signals-Sgt. J. J. King, Sgt. R. Rathmell.

No. 2 Company-2/Lt. D. L. Pro- phet, A/Cpl. E. W. Coulson, L/Cpl. F. Hillon.

D.E.L. Personnel Friday 27th Oct. Wellington Bar-detailed. racks. 5.30 p.m. Dress-Overalls and S.D. caps.

caps.

Telephonists Course

5.30

Layers Course Thursday 28th Oct. Belchers. p.m. Dress-Overalls and S.D. cans. 4th Battery:

Wednesday 25th Oct. H.Q. 5.30 p.m. L.G. Personnel.

Thursday 26th Oct.

Queen's Pier. 5.45 p.m. for Pakshawan. Returning 8 p.m. approx. D.EL. Personnel. Dress- Overalls, S.D. caps.

Friday 27th Oct. No parade.

5th (Anti-Aircraft) Battery Saturday 21st Oct. Queen's Pier. 2.15 p.m. No. 1 Section.

Pier. Sunday 22nd Oct. Queen's

No. 2 19.15 a.m.

Section and all IN.C.OS.

Monday 23rd Oct. Queen's Pier. 5.15 p.m. No. 1 Section.

Tuesday 24th Oct. Queen's Pier. 2 Section and all 5.15 p.m. No. N.C.Os.

men.

Those

Cpl. A. Foster, Field Amb. Sergt. 20.10.39.

to- be

4.

5.30 p.m.

L/Cpl. A. H. R. Butcher, No. Coy. to be A/Sgt. 20.10.39.

Transfers

Pte. B. I. Bosanquet from No.1 Coy., No. 4 (Troop) Pl. to 5th A.A. Bty. 29.9.39.

Gnr. L. Blair from 1st Bty. to Unit Res. 20.10.39.

Sigmn. H. J. Fountain from Corps Signal Reserve to Corps Signals. 20.10.39.

Cpl. W. Elliott from Field Amb. to Unit Res. 20.10.39.

L/Cpl. A. H. R. Butcher. from No., 1 Coy. to No. 4 Coy. 20.10.39.

Leave

Pte. R. Morrison, No. 2.Coy, 19.10.39 --31.10.39.

Pte. V. E. Ferrier, A.S.C. Coy. 24.10.39.-27.10.39.

.Pte.

A. J. Edgar, A.S.C. Coy. 24.10.39.-30.11.39:

Corps H.Q.

Pte.

A C. Ellis, 1.11.39.-22.11.39.

Thursday 26th Oct. H.Q. 5.30 p.in. Special as detailed. (i) N.C.O.'s. class. (ii) Trained men. L.G. instruc- tion (continued). (ii) Recruits. L.A. 1st & 2nd position stoppages.

No. 7 Company Monday 23rd Oct. H.Q. 5.45 p.m. No. 1 Platoon. L.G. instruction. No.-15.11.39. 2 Platoon. Musketry.

Pte. No. 211.10.39.

Cpl.

Pier. Oct. Queen's 2 Section and

Thursday 26th Oct. H.Q. 5.45 p.m. No. 1 Platoon. Musketry. Wednesday 25th Oct. Queen's Pier. Platoon, L.G. instruction.

Air Arm 5.15 p.m. No. 1 Section.

Friday 27th

Sunday 22nd Oct. Kai Tak. alla.m. Flying parade. 5.15 p.m. No. N.C.OS.

9.30

6.00

Pier.

at

an

No. 4 Company-L/Cpl. H. S. Lo, Pte. S. H. Wong.

R.O.D.C.-Sgt. Pun Chi Fan,

S. P. de Loberson.

Qualification-Rangetakers

The

qualified following examination of Rangetakers held at Belchers on 9.10.39.

2nd Bty.-Gnr. E. F. A. Morgan. 3rd Bty.Gnr. H. A. Souza,

Corps Diary-Amendment Corps Diary 1939-40. Page 6. Oct. 22nd Sunday. Delete "Stonecutters M.G. Pt. II-Mobile Column."

Telephone

The telephone number of the Quar- termaster's Office and Stores has been changed from -39-213 to 33663 (Civil

line).

Recruits Special Class Monday 23rd Oct. and Wednesday 25th Oct. H.Q. 5.15 p.m. M.G. train- ing.

PARADE

1st Battery:

Gun Detachments Tuesday 24th Oct. Belchers, 5.45 p.m,

No. 1 and No. 2 Detachments and all layers. Gun drill and layers class.. Dress-S.D. caps, shirts, shorts and gun platform shoës.

5.45

Friday 27th Oct. Belchers. p.m. No. 3 and No. 4 Detachments and all layers. Gun drill and layers class. Dress S.D. caps, shirts, shorts and gun platform shoes.

D. E. L. Personnel

Saturday 28th Oct. Queen's 2.15 p.m. No. 2 Section.

Sunday 29th Oct. Queen's Pier. 9.15 a.m. No. 1 Section.

Field Company Engineers Monday 23rd Oct.. K.C.R. 5.30 p.m. Arms drill.

Thursday 26th Oct. K.C.R. 6.30 p.m. Class A, Field fortification. Class B, wiring. Class C, demolition.

Corps Signals Week-end 21st and 22nd October. (i) Line detachment as detailed for maintenance duties (ii) D/R. detach ment as per roster.

Monday 23rd Oct. H.Q. 5.15 p.m. Signal training in detachments.

Wednesday 25th Oct. H.Q. 5.15 p.m. N.C.O.'s. meeting. Line detachments only.

Friday 27th Oct. H.Q. 5.15 p.m. (1) Line Detachments. Preparation of stores for Signal Exercise. (ii) D/R. detachment. Cleaning and check of motor cycles and quarterly report.

Armoured Car Platoon Monday 23rd Oct. H.Q..: 5.30 pm. Revolver.

Friday 27th Oct. (1) Those detail- ed. Hung Hom Railway Depot. 5.30 (ii) Re- p.m. Driving instruction.

H.G. re- mainder. H.Q. 5.30 p.m. capitulation.

Motor Machine Gun Platoon Monday 23rd Oct. H.Q. 5.30 p.m.

T.O.E.G.D. Mechanism, 1st heading. (ii) B Class. Stripping, cleaning and assembling and Points B.D.A... (iii) C Class. E.G.D. (lv) - Mufti, but Corps boots must be worn.

Wednesday 25th Oct. 5.30 p.m. Wel- lington Barracks: Mobile light train-Compulsory parade (i) A Class. Ing. Dress-Overalls.

Lewis Gun "Detachment Thursday 26th Oct. H.Q. 5.30 p.m. instruction. Dress-overalls..

N.C.O.'s

Monday 23rd Oct. H.Q. - 5.30 p.m. All N.C.O.'s. Dress-Overalls.

Clothing

Friday 27th Oct. H.Q. 5.30 p.m. (1) A Class. Mechanism, 2nd and 3rd headings. (1) B.Class. Action and cease Bring. (iii) C Class. Gen-

Thursday 26th Oct. H.Q. 5.30 p.m. All members not yet atted with uni-eral description of gun and tripod. form.

2nd Battery:

Classes For Layers, Hangetakers

& AALMG.

Monday 23rd Oct. Scandal Point, 5.30 p.m. Those detailed to attend,

Gun Drill For Detachment. Comdrs.

Tuesday 24th Oct. Scandal Point 5.30 p.m. All N.CO/s.

Gun.Detachments.

Wednesday 25 8.30 p.m. NO,

Thursday 28

5.30 p.m.

Wednesd

5.30 p.m

Dress

Tuesday

p.m. Fitting of

tors.

No 1 Company? 08. 1&1 Platoon

Tuesday 24th Oct. and Friday 27th Oct. HQ 5.30p.m. As Company programme...

(1):

for

No. 4 (Troop) Platoon Tuesday 24th Oct. Class. H.Q. "5.15 p.m. Road.. (ii)

Monday 23rd Oct. Kai. Tak. p.m. Lecture.

Saturday 28th Oct. and Sunday 29th Oct. No flying.

Gnr. T. K. Chung, 4th Bty. 31:10.39.

Strength-Decrease Nelson Tom, No. 4 Coy.-

Gnr. Wong Hawk Lop, 5th A.A. Bty,

-19.10.39.

Gor. S. R. Kerr, 2nd Bty.-20.10.39.

Strength-Increase

Pte. A K. Rumjahn, Field' Amb. -13.10.39

Pte. N. Morgenstern, A. S. C Coy. -15.10.39.

Ghr. N. F. Tucker, 1st. Bty-1.10.39. Gnr. W. H. Jowit, 2nd Bty.-16.10.39.. Gnr. M. G. O'Connor, 2nd Bty..

Army Service Corps Company

(i) Transport Sunday 22nd Oct: Section. Jordan Road Ferry, Yauma- ti. 9am. Transport: exercise. (i)-19.10.39. Supply Section, B Squad.R.AS.C. Compound, Queen's Road, ‘9.30 am..

Tuesday 24th Oct. H.Q. 5.30 p.m. Recruits.

Thursday 26th Ocf. R.A.S.C. Com- Queen's Road. 5.30 p.m. pound. Supply Section, A Squad,

OFF THE RECORD

ED REED

SAM VONES JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

Gnr. W. L. Cunningham, 5th A.A. Bty.-20.10.39.

Gnr. A. A. Elms, 5th A: A. Bty,w 20.10.39.

"Pa says as long as we're gonna slope

the business!"

Here's Luck

S. W. THURSBY, Captain,

Adjutant, · H.K.V.D. Corps. (Continued, on Page 14),

By Ed Reedy

ight as well get

EWO BEER