RECRUIT'S EXPERIENCE
ACCEPTED, THEN REJECTED CASE OF HARDSHIP On Thursday morning a young man in uniform called at the office inquiring whether we knew of any employment offering, says the "Bay of Plenty Times." The young man stated that he had volunteered, had passed the doctor and went into camp. After being there for some time he was ultimately taken before a board of three doctors, and as a result of examination informed that lie could not be accepted, either for home service or active service, the reason given, he states— although not indicated on- his discharge certificate —being flat feet. He has no home, comes back to friends in Tauranga, and now seeks work. He enlisted in Palmerston North. As to whethei the flat feet could have been discovered before he went into camp we cannot say, but it seems hard that a young man, willing to serve, should find on inquiry at the Placement Office that there is no work available for him,
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 147, 15 April 1940, Page 5
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165RECRUIT'S EXPERIENCE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 147, 15 April 1940, Page 5
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