SPECIAL MILITARY FORCE
RECRUITING BEGINS TO-DAY By Telegraph —Press Association WELLINGTON, September 11. The medical examination for men ' offering their services for the special military force for which recruiting begins to-morrow, was the subject of a statement by the Hon. F. Jones tonight. If the men who come forward for registration are approved by the recruiting officer, they will be sent on to the medical boards for medical examination. After the medical examination the men will be told whether they have been passed as fit, and in every case instructed that they should return to their normal work. Later they will be advised by postal notice—(a) If they have been accepted for service; (b> The unit to which they are to lx; posted; (c) The date and place at which they arc to report. At least one week’s notice will be given to each man before being called up. Only men who have passed their twenty-first and have not passed their thirty-sixth birthday are eligible to enlist in the special military force.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21448, 12 September 1939, Page 6
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