MILITARY SERVICE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1941, Page 12

MILITARY SERVICE

OBJECTIONS TO FIGHTING

MEDICAL CORPS WORK

Of five appellants against military service who appeared before the Armed Forces Appeal Board yesterday afternoon to claim exemption for reasons of conscience three had their cases disposed of in a few minutes because they stated that, while objecting to taking life, they were willing serve in the Medical Corps. They were recommended for such service. The other two appellants opposed any form of military service. Leonard Robert Jenkins, a draper, said that he had trained for medical corps work, and he asked the board to recommend that he should be posted to the Medical Corps. The chairman said the board was prepared to make such a recommendation, and Jenkins withdrew his appeal. Guy McCallum, a batcher and concrete operator, who said he belonged' to the Exclusive Brethren, made a similar request. His appeal was dismissed with a recommendation that he should be posted to the Medical Corps. I

Gordon Campbell Raikes, a bank officer, also expressed, willingness to serve in a Medical Corps, and his appeal was treated in the same way. George Edward Rushworth, a chemist, appealed against service for conscientious reasons on religious grounds. He said he was not prepared to serve in any way that would help the war effort. , The appeal was dismissed. Stuart Shaw, a grocery packer, also appealed on religious grounds, and said that he was opposed to any form of military service. The appeal was dismissed.