MUST REGISTER.
CASE OF VOLUNTEERS.
MINISTER'S STATEMENT.
WELLINGTON, this day. The Minister of National Service, the Hon. R. Semple, stated to-day that there seemed to be a fairly widespread belief that men who had volunteered for service with the armed forces, and had been found to fall short of the required physical standard, were not required to register ae members of the general reserve, or to be in possession of a certificate of enrolment. Such, however, was not the case.
The Minister added that men who were discharged from the forces as medically unfit after service overmen* were not members of the reserve, but others who had volunteered, whether for overseas service or home defence, and had be C ,, classified as medically unfit either before or after the commencement (PreTSr 6 reqUired tO eUr ° l,ed -
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 234, 2 October 1940, Page 8
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135MUST REGISTER. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 234, 2 October 1940, Page 8
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