Army of 250,000 for Defence of Australia
. NEW CALL-UP MADE United Press Association—Bv Electrlo Telegraph-—Copyright. CANBERRA, Dec. 13. The Prime Minister, Mr Menzies, to-day announced the cali-up of additional age classes for training in the citizen forces. The new age groups are unmarried men or widowers without children who attained the age of 19, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, or 33 during the year ended on June 30, 1940. The men in these groups will be required to enlist in January 1941. Mr Menzies said that the aim was the maintenance in Australia of a defence [ force of 250,000.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 307, 16 December 1940, Page 10
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