COASTAL DEFENCE
Men Apply For Release By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, December 15. The Minister of Defence (the Hon F. Jones > said to-day that a good many applications were being received by the Army authorities for the release of men who had been serving with the Fifteenth Heavy and the Twentysecond anti-aircraft battery on coast defences and anti-aircraft duties. These had been treated as sympathetically as possible, but it mtist be realised that in these highly technical units, there was a definite limit to the number of men who could be released, as it was essential that the efficiency of the batteries be maintained. Many on coast defence and antiaircraft work naturally desired to join the Special Force for overseas and arrangements had been made for a certain number to transfer. This had also necessitated additional men being recruited and trained. Any unmarried men between the ages of 19 and 21 and 36 and 40, desiring to serve, should apply to the nearest defence office.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21529, 16 December 1939, Page 8
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