"During August, the 10th Reinforcements arrived, and on 2 September one officer and sixty-nine other ranks were posted to Supply Company. The number homeward bound from Supply Company was two officers and thirty-eight other ranks, and the unit was again up to strength. The time had come for some event to mark the end of—well, almost of an era—and on 3 September Supply Company held a ball at Littoria Club, Mena.It was planned on a grand scale, and various notable guests included General Freyberg. It ended in disaster. Two Supply Company  vehicles collided on Mena Road, killing one man, Driver Collins and injuring five others, who were sent to hospital."

 [Supply Company, Bates 1955, page 289. part of the Official History of New Zealand in the 2nd World War]