ARMY EQUIPMENT
HOME GUARDSMEN TAKE WARNING STOPPING ILLEGAL USE A warning that the using of equipment on issue to members, of the armed forces by civilians and by members of non-mobilised units when not on duty carries with it a heav3 r penalty lias been i-ssued by an army olfieer. Horn 3 Guardsmen have frequently been seen wearing army equipment when not on duly. This was illegal and the offenders were liable to heavy penalties. Some Home Guardsmen, he said, made a habit of wearing army boots and army overcoats: to their civilian work. "Even when a soldier loses equipment and pays for a new issue." continued the officer, "he is not entitled to use the new issue when he is not actually on army duty, because the money he pays is merely to compensate l'or the loss of the goods actually issued." The use of army equipment appears to be more noticeable at present because much of it is eminently suitable for holiday use. Some people have stated that they bought equipment at sales of surplus ani\y equipment before the war, but there are certain iterns which Avere never offered for sale. Furthermore, any equipment that is sold is easily recognisable..
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 39, 15 January 1943, Page 7
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202ARMY EQUIPMENT Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 39, 15 January 1943, Page 7
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