70 More Recruits At Auckland
[Special to “Northern Advocate ”] AUCKLAND, This Day.
Enlistments for the Second Echelon of the Special Force continued steadily at the Drill Hall yesterday.
When the office had closed at 9 p.m., over 70 new recruits had been enrolled.
The general physical type was impressive. and the average age of the recruits was about 25 years. Four medical boards were engaged for the examinations of the 120 recruits.
There were 16 doctors and four dentists, who passed about half the number examined as fit, and about 20 in the unfit category.
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Northern Advocate, 9 January 1940, Page 3
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