SERVICE WITH N.Z.E.F.

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 4, 4 July 1940, Page 13

SERVICE WITH N.Z.E.F.

DOMINION FIGURES

LAST WEEK'S TOTAL

The recent increased rate of enlistment for service with the 2nd N.Z.E.F. continues to be reflected in the returns for the whole Dominion. Last week national enlistments increased by 3480 to 49,990. Of those recruits medically examined up to the end of the week 33,803 had been passed fit as against 31,621 a week earlier and 23,856 had been dispatched to camp compared with 22,735 on June 22. There were 5590 awaiting dispatch to camp and 1312 not immediately available for camp. The corresponding figures at the end of the previous week were 4755 and 1058 respectively. Details for the three military districts are as follows:—

Northern. Central. Southern. Enlisted 16,624 16,300 16,966 Registration cancelled or ■withdrawn before medical examination 399 796 629 Awaiting medical Aveana^ atlOn.-. 713 . 1.245 l.lg Fif 01.^.^ 1. 6..:: 11.18 ll.l!I 10.^1 Temp, unfit — O1Q Available .... 1,010 971 »W Not available .. 161 80 |2o Perm, unfit 2,546 1,980 2,Sbo Important' occupa- . tions held back 822 806 . 704 Enlistments withdrawn or can- _„. celled 328 loo 230 Dispatched to g AwaTn* -dispaich 88 !>« 1^35 ■ 267 ■ 541 .504