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LONDON HEWS.
YOUNG SOLDIERS
AN OFFICIAL COMPARISON
LONDON, July 30.
i In the House of Commons, Mr J. I. Macpherson (Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office) stated that the youngest of the French class called up gfor service averaged 19 years; Italy Avas employing youths of 18; Avhile Britain held lads of 18J in readiness OAving to the emergency, but the Army Council wait considering their withdrawal from the line,—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 1 August 1918, Page 5
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72LONDON HEWS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 1 August 1918, Page 5
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