MARRIED MEN AND ARMY COMMISSIONS
(P.A.) WANGANUI, September 25. The Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, interviewed today about complaints that the married men were ineligible for commissions in the Army, confirmed the fact that the Army has an age limitation of 30 years for commissions, but said there might be specific cases where the Army required men for some particular work for which they were specially adapted. In those instances commissions were granted. Referring to a report that grade 2 men were debarred from military advancement, he said: "I know of no rule debarring grade 2 men from receiving commissions, although there may be something in routine orders to that effect. I do not see all the routine orders.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24859, 26 September 1942, Page 4
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