2ND DIVISION REPLACEMENT DRAFTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 82, 4 October 1944, Page 6

2ND DIVISION REPLACEMENT DRAFTS

POLICY ANNOUNCED

Details of the policy to be followed 'in., giving effect to the scheme for the replacement of long-service personnel ra, the 2nd New Zealand Division were announced last night by the Minister'of Defence (Mr. Jones). He said that while the age limit still remained at 41 years, it was hoped to be able to find the necessary personnel to fill replacement drafts from grade 1 men between the ages of 21 and 36 years. v "It is further hoped," said the Minister, "that it will not be necessary to post for overseas service married men with three.or more children, or soldiers who have returned to | New Zealand after serving anywhere overseas for three years or longer, but any men in those classes wish to serve overseas will be considered for inclusion in the drafts. RETURN OF OVERSEAS MEN. "It should be understood, of course, that it Will not be possible to bring back at once.or in one draft all men of the 2nd Division who have had over three years' service overseas. 4s far as is practicable, however, men will be brought back to New Zealand-in the same order as they left the Dominion. In the case of those who left New Zealand in the early period;of .the war and who subsequently proceeded to the Middle East, their period of service in the •South Pacific will be taken into consideration in determining their Order of return."