GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN
PRACTICALLY "INELIGIBLE."
At the conclusion of the first ballot of Class C this morning, good-humoured reference was ma3e by the Mayor to the fact that the Government Statistician (Mr. Malcolm Fraser) had been "caught."
There will be no need for anybody to appeal, at this stage, on Mr. Fraser's behalf. Though he is of military age (within the limit of 46 years), according to the strict letter of the law, he is "outi of bounds" according to the practice of Medical Boards, which do not accept men who are more than 44 years of age at the time when they are drawn in the ballot. As Mr. Fraser has turned 45, he will be automatically classed C 2 as \< ng as the present rule remains in operation.
This practice has been in vogue some time. It is based on the experience that, on the average, the age of 44 years is the outside limit for active service conditions. In Great Britain—even with all the stress and after all the crises— the age of eligibleness has not yet gone above 41 for active service. Men are accepted above that age—even up to 50—but only for home service or garrison duty.
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 138, 11 June 1918, Page 8
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