Few Recruits For
Australian Army CANBERRA, Fri. (10 a.m.).—Lack of recruits for the Permanent Army has forced the Government to reverse its decision on recruiting. : Australia will now depend indefinitely on her Interim Army as the major part of its military defence.
The Government has decided to reenlist members of the Interim Army for another two years, instead of progressively discharging them. Last August the Government started a recruiting drive, aimed at providing 17,000 men for the Permanent Army. At the same time re-enlistments in the Interim Army were discontinued. The response to recruiting has been so poor that the Government will encourage present serving members to volunteer for another two years. The Interim Army has a present strength of 21,000, of whom 10,000 are serving in Japan. Enlistments in the Regular Army in the last half of 1947 totalled only 1600, making the Regular Army strength 4100.
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Northern Advocate, 9 January 1948, Page 3
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