ARMY SERVICE
li " ~* ~ r YOUTHS OF 18 YEARS .; Youths of 18 years who are other • [than grade ] are not to be posted to '■the Territorial Force or sent to camp J for training, according to an instruct jtion issued by the Army Depart■jment. ' ; .1 The instruction also indicates that l . those in the same age group arc not: .to undergo X-ray examination if! they have been classed medically! |as grade 1A or 2. On reaching their j .nineteenth birthday those who didi 3 not reach the highest medical stand-', will be required to undergo a , ifurther medical test, provided this! j (has not been carried out within the| ) previous six months, and also sub-' -imit to the X-ray examination. ) On the result of the final medical .- grading will depend whether they ; i!are to be called for Territorial ser-' .'vice. 1 The first, of the 18-year-olds are ? expected to enter Territorial camps •.on August 1. i
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 165, 15 July 1941, Page 5
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155ARMY SERVICE Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 165, 15 July 1941, Page 5
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