SERVICE IN ARMY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24834, 6 February 1942, Page 4

SERVICE IN ARMY

RECRUITMENT OF WOMEN RATES OF PAY ANts CONDITIONS (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 5. /Women may now be enlisted for service in the Army, and the personnel required is to be recruited from the New Zealand Women’s War Service Auxiliary. This information is contained in a circular issued' by Army Headquarters, which states that such enlistments may be taken in accordance with the authorised establishment. It is emphasised that provisional selection of the personnel required by the Army will be made by the W.W.S.A. The enlistmfent will be in the N.Z.W.W.S.A. (Army Home Defence Division). The ages for enlistment will be from 18 to 45 years. Before being enlisted the personnel will be medically examined, and must be passed fit for duty. Pay and allowances will be as follows:—Supervisor; Qualified 7s, unqualified 6s 6d; sergeant, 6s and 5s 6d; corporal, 5s 9d and 5s 3d; lance-cor-poral, 5s 6d and ss; private, 5s and 4s 6d. The pay will be free of taxation. Where rations and quarters are provided the pay will be subject .to a deduction of Is Id a day for quarters. Where rations and quarters are not provided a subsistence allowance of 2s 6d a day will be payable. On appointment a uniform allowance of £2O will be payable, and there will be an upkeep allowance of £lO a year. Leave will be given up to 18 days per annum. The hours of employment will normally be 44 a week, but extra duties may be required according to the exigencies of the service.