IN NON-COMBATANT ROLE
SKILLED MEN FROM OVERSEAS SERVICE WITH THE ARMED FORCES Rugby, June 18. 1 Answering a question in the House of Commons, the Air Secretary, Sir ( Archibald Sinclair, said skilled men - overseas whose services were available j and who possessed the requisite qualifi- ( cations and were otherwise suitable 1 were free to enlist in technical . branches of the fighting services, but in order to afford wider opportunity for skilled technicians overseas to respond to the appeal which was broadcast last night by Lord Beaverbrook, ( the British Government had decided to 1 establish a civilian technical corps in c which would be enrolled men who vol- 1 unteered to come to this country for 1 service in the repair and maintenance c establishments of the Navy, Army and Air Force in a non-combatant capacity. £ —B.O. W, 1
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 20 June 1941, Page 5
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138IN NON-COMBATANT ROLE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 20 June 1941, Page 5
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