Reference NumberBagnall 940.541293 AulDate of Publication1941Description
This magazine was published in 1941 by the New Zealand troops on board H.M.T. Aquitania. The Aquitania, a Cunard ocean liner in peacetime, was an elderly ship by the time of World War II, having seen service in World War I. Nonetheless, she saw out the second war safely. On this voyage she took some 3,800 New Zealand troops (6th Reinforcements, 2nd NZEF) to Egypt, departing 27 June and arriving 29 July 1941. While the magazine is disfigured by stains (coffee?), it has the added interest of a number of signatures on the 'Autographs' page - which has been headed "6th Reinforcement Signalers". The signatures are as follows: D.F. Batt E.R. Benfell, L/Cpl A. Blows, L/Cpl C.J. Cook E.J.(?) Crippes, ChCh L.R. Danty Ron Forscutt - Good Luck T.B. Hamilton G.A. Hill, Motueka G.M. Hand(?) - Hind(?) L.T. Jones L.M. Laur H. Millar(?) E. Norman T. Orr R.J. Philips G.T. Sands, Invercargill E.C. Tait(?) H.(?) D. Troffin(?) S.A. Walmsley B. Williams, Cpl J.G. Williams, Kelso W.M. Wright