N.Z.'S VOLUNTEERS
TOTAL FOR ARMY MORE THAN 60,000 TEN THOUSAND WAITING TO GO TO CAMPS [Per Aaßoclation.J WELLINGTON, July 31. Final returns of voluntary enlistment over the whole Dominion for service with the Second N.Z.E.F. show a total to July 22, when the voluntary system ended, of 60.812. Of those who had been before a medical board up to thate date 39,936 were passed fit, and 9377 were declared permanently unfit. At the end of last week there were 5328 awaiting medical examination. Important occupations held back 3037 and 34,494 have been sent to camp and 10,238 are awaiting dispatch to camp.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 179, 1 August 1940, Page 8
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