Kayforce draft at Linton Camp 1952

Kayforce replacement draft group photo taken at Linton Military Camp, south of Palmerston North, in February 1952. The photo is part of the Bob Jagger collection – he is second from the left in the second row back. Another soldier identified is Arthur Cyril Foote from Gisborne, who is ninth from right in the second row.

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Of the 102 men and one woman in the photograph,  the following 39 have signed the back:

1. Hutana
2. G Whitehead (Gisborne)
3. RE Ulster
4. R Wharepapa (Onere)
5. W Cook
6. ER Molony (Wellington)
7. S Withers (Eltham)
8. ? Meagh
9. P Samuel (Gisborne)
10. P Hartene (Waitara)
11. A Atkinson? (Palmerston North)
12.  M Hutana (Gisborne)
13. T ? (Gisborne)
14. RW Jones (Gisborne)
15. P LeSueur (Hastings)
16.  D Heremaia (Levin)
17.  D Smith (Waitara)
18. MJ Muir   (Marton)
19.  J Kinloch (Marton)
20.  G Cooper? (England)
21.  JH Young? (Raetihi)
22. E Richmond (England)
23. EL Crisp? (Wellington)
24. S Barnes (New Plymouth)
25. M Wooller (New Plymouth)
26. RL Waller (Waikanae)
27. MA Soffe (Waitara)
28. WG Hounsell? (Blenheim)
29. LJ McLaughlin? (Woodville)
30. TJ Breakwell (Dannevirke)
31. AS Boston (Napier)
32. T Baker (Tarawera, Hawkes Bay)
33. R Robertson (Tarawera)
34. JR Stewart (Napier)
35. CJ Stewart (Napier)
36. J McDougal (Napier)
37. EG Gray? (Wanganui)
38. PR Dolman (Boo high?, actually from Gisborne, deceased)
39. GC Hibberd (Christchurch)

Please email us at [email protected] if you are able to identify any more of these men.