6th Hamilton company NMR - ANZAC parade Hamilton 1939
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Photograph
Production date
1939
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The 6th (Hamilton) Company, National Military Reserve parades west along Ward Street past Begg's building and G.E. Clark & Sons Ltd. The Company - comprised of World War I veterans - was formed in 1939 and placed under the command of Major L.E. Haines DSO. They left for Home Service on Great Barrier Island on the 11th of December 1941. They were discharged during 1943 but reunited annually until December 1976. The residue of the Company's social fund was handed over to the "Sunningdale" RSA Veterans Home
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HCL_06865
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