ENLISTED AT AGE 77
Colonel G. Smith Aims To Encourage Young Men
Dominion Special Service. OHRISTOHUROH, Sept. 19. With more than 50 years o’f military service behind him, Colonel G. J. Smith, Opawa, today enlisted for service with the special force. Sharing with the Hon. Sir R. Heaton Rhodes the honour of holding the senior colonelship of the Canterbury regiment. Colonel Smith is 77 years of age. He said tonight that he-had enlisted to encourage young men also Io offer their .services.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 303, 20 September 1939, Page 6
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