AWAIT ORDERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 236, 4 October 1940, Page 9

AWAIT ORDERS.

MEN IN THE BALLOT.

AIR RECRUITS , POSITION.

WELLINGTON, Thursday.

In a statement issued by Army Headquarters regarding men called up in the ballot, attention is drawn to the fact that a man who is called, provided the name and address are correctly shown in the Gazette, is not required to take any further action until he receives notice from the Army Office to report for medical examination or eome other purpose. In many cases men who have been called up in the ballot have applied to join the Air Force, but it should be noted that arrangements have been made to defer in the meantime the medical examination of suck men for Territorial Force purposes. Those who come within tlie following groups will be deferred until it ie known whether they are accepted by the Air Force:— Men awaiting selection; selected, but not yet medically examined; selected and medically examined, but not yet attested in the Royal New Zealand Air Force reserve.

If any man included in the above groups should receive notice from the army he should at once communicate with the nearest Army Office and act in accordance with instructions which he will then Receive. In addition, it is possible in a few cases that men already attested in the Royal New Zealand Air Force reserve have t>een included in the ballot. These men will not be called up for the Territorial Force and should at once communicate with the nearest Army Office. It is also proposed to defer the medical examination of men who were previously medically examined for the army, and there is no need for such men to take any. action until they receive notice from the Army Office. The main object of this statement ie to advise the men referred to in the above classes that they should wait for orders from the army and refrain from calling at or communicating with the Army Department. A large amount of correspondence has already been received, causing much unnecessary work, which it is desired to avoid. It is also pointed out that if a man's address is incorrectly shown in the Gazette or in the notice of his having been drawn in the ballot which has been sent to him by the Director of .National Service, he is required to notify the Director and the nearest Army Office promptly of his correct address.—(Press Assn.)