OVERSEAS SERVICE
BOYS UNDER 20
"It is not true that boys under 20 years are being sent <to the islands," declared the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones) in reply to an interjection at a meeting in the Ghristchurch East by-election, when he was discussing garrison duty in the Pacific. "Nobody has the right to make a statement like that. It. is done to mislead." A man: You have sent boys under 20. The Minister: We are not sending, away anybody under 20. The interjector: You're sending them into the Navy. "We have taken them from .15 for (training for the Navy and from 18 for the Air Force," replied Mr Jones. "It. is true; that, for garrison duty in the Pacific—they are not going into the danger zone— a certain number of grade 111 men are being despatched and it has bene agreed that young men between 2Q and 21, who are in grade 1, may volunteer, subject;, however, to the written consent of their parents or guardians. It is; not true that boys of any lower age l group are allowed to volunteer for this force,"
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19430209.2.29
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 46, 9 February 1943, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
189OVERSEAS SERVICE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 46, 9 February 1943, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in