Remembered To Lodge His Appeal
(P.A.)
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day
A man who claimed that his memory was too bad for him to be of any use to the army appeared before the Armed Forces Appeal Court. He was William Davey and an appeal was also iedged for him by his wife. Both appeals were dismissed. “When I am at work I go to one end of the building to get a job,” appellant said. “When I return to my bench I can’t remember what I was told to doit's gone in a flash. “If I went into the army I wouldn’t remember whether my rifle was loaded or not.” The chairman cf the court said that the army would find out whether he was suitable or not.
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Northern Advocate, 11 February 1943, Page 4
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127Remembered To Lodge His Appeal Northern Advocate, 11 February 1943, Page 4
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