TECHNICAL CORPS
Opportunity For Men Overseas (Rec. 9.41 pm.) RUGBY, June 18. Answering a question in the House of Commons, the Secretary of State for Air (Sir Archibald Sinclair) said skilled men overseas vttiose services are available and who possess the requisite qualifications and are otherwise suitable are free to enlist in the technical branches of the fighting services, but in order to afford a 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 establish a civilian technical corps in which will be enrolled men who volunteer to come to this country for service in the repair and maintenance establishments o. the Navy, Army and Air Force in a non-combatant capacity. __________
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21994, 20 June 1941, Page 5
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127TECHNICAL CORPS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21994, 20 June 1941, Page 5
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