CITIZENSHIP LOST.
American Joins Canadian Forces. CASE SETS A PRECEDENT. (Received 2 p.m.) MONTREAL, July 2. The United States Board of Inquiry ruled that a. Washington man. Philip Stegerer, aged 20, forfeited his United States citizenship by joining the Canadian forces for active service, from which he was honourably discharged as medically unfit. The board refused permission for Stegerer to return to the United States. It is believed the case is a precedent by whieh hundreds may be deprived of their citizenship because they have sworn allegiance to His Majesty."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 156, 3 July 1940, Page 7
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90CITIZENSHIP LOST. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 156, 3 July 1940, Page 7
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