ARMY NUMBERS
( RA.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. To meet the new conditions rrpated by the recent big expansion nf the army in New Zealand a new uni form system of allotting army numbers to all personnel, both the S ditionary l> orce and home services except the Home Guard.' had Wn instituted, said the Minister of Defence, Mr. Jones, to-night. "A soldier's armv number i«i ah«n lute identification of him," said Mr" Jones, "and the new svsitfmi will introduce desirable uniformity thro T ho"t the fortes, both overseas and within New Zealand. Up to the present there has heen in existence two main systems allotting numbers, the Expeditionary Force pera"d the other for .home dein .u rl } e n^ w means iTHm, . tfie Expeditionary F»»rcf. system of numbering is ijeing arched to all the forces."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 171, 22 July 1942, Page 6
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