TOTAL RECRUITS
|| —♦ I LARGE PROPORTION FROM || 1 SOUTH ISLAND pi (THE PRESS Special Service.] |l| WELLINGTON, August 2. Complete details of voluntary enlist- | ;|ments in military districts were an|'|nounced by the Minister for Defence |f'| (the Hon. F. Jones) to-day, who also indicated the distribution of men from felthe various parts of New Zealand in £sf.the three echelons. Total voluntary Ifisregistrations to July 22 were;— District .. .. 19,758 District .. .. 19,311 District .. .. 20,575 ||| Total . • • • 59,644 s The total will be slightly increased \"i when registrations made by post and < > consequently not actually received at , sfjArea headquarters by July 22 have sl'Jbeen recorded. . . , , r,■}§ Representation of military districts ( (m in the three echelons is as follows; j i!.:‘l Northern District ! Ist Echelon 2236 Gl; 2nd Echelon •• •• “£33 , S' ii. 3rd Echelon • ■ ■ • 2980 ( I; ig Central District ( i ;-i Ist Echelon ■ • • • 2034 i-I 2nd Echelon .. ■ ■ 3266 f3rd Echelon - • 3013 < ■ [t Southern District •■ i Ist Echelon . i • • 3365 i ‘’l 2nd Echelon .. • • 3034 ( 3rd Echelon • • • • 3197 .
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23089, 3 August 1940, Page 14
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