ARMY DISCHARGES
BASE RECORDS’ BIG TASK Up to the end of March of this year 40,000 certificates of final discharges had been issued by Base Records to returned servicemen. The certificates are at present going out at the rate of 1500 a week. The job, however, is only one-third complete. With the arrival of their war gratuity books, most returned soldiers thought they were “through with the Army,” and some may be somewhat surprised to get a further reassurance that their service has ended. When their pay stopped, they were given a form stating that they were on indefinite leave. The certificate of discharge will not be the last they expect to hear from the Army, as the task of sending medals and decorations has yet to be undertaken.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 45, 25 June 1947, Page 7
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129ARMY DISCHARGES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 45, 25 June 1947, Page 7
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