OVER-AGE ENLISTEES
Sir, —It is with mixed interest that I listen to statements 01 men 01 middle age who have for the past eight months tried to enlist lor service abroad but have been turned down because they have reached the ripe old age of 4b years. Well, sir, 1 want to point out that this war has to be won and will be won if we take ; these older men, because 1 think they can be taught to drive a tank or a transport or man a machine-gun on any travelling arm of the Army. I know of many of my mates who are single and went through the last war, but do not even get as far as being examined, and I am beginning to wonder what column the people responsible for turning these willing horses down belong to.—l am, sir, “111586, ANZAC.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 191, 15 August 1940, Page 4
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145OVER-AGE ENLISTEES Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 191, 15 August 1940, Page 4
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