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FIRST BALLOT SOON

WAR STRENGTH FOR TERRITORIALS i STATEMENT BY CHIEF OF ! GENERAL STAFF (PRESS ASSOCIATION' TELEGBA'M.) AUCKLAND. August 27. The statement that the first ballot under conscription would probably be held next month was made to-r.ight by (he Chief of the General Staff (MajorGeneral Sir John Duigan) while addressing troops of the Auckland Battalion, National Reserve, after inspecting them at the ‘drill hall. Sir John Duigan explained later that the ballot would be held in the near future to bring the territorial force up to war establishment. Other details were not yet available.

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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23110, 28 August 1940, Page 10

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FIRST BALLOT SOON Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23110, 28 August 1940, Page 10

FIRST BALLOT SOON Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23110, 28 August 1940, Page 10