NO ENDEARMENT
CALLING MEN "BOYS"
TERM SHOULD BE DROPPED
(P.A.) DUNEDIN, This Day. Strong exception to the practice of referring to the New Zealand troops overseas as the "boys" was voiced by Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. Jeffery, area staff officer. He described the practice as jingoistic and shallow, and said it was resented by the men themselves. "Right throughout the country you heai/ the men referred to as 'boys,' and in my opinion it is more than time the term was dropped. Actually that is not just my opinion; it is the opinion of the troops overseas, and has been spoken of several times by men invalided home. Those who have gone overseas are doing a man's job."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 83, 4 October 1941, Page 5
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117NO ENDEARMENT Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 83, 4 October 1941, Page 5
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