DISCHARGED DESERTERS TO GET NOTHING
Received Tliursdav, 7 p.m. CANBERRA, .Timo 20. Discharged army deserters will no' roceive a war gratuitv, s.e'iwiee medals rehabilitation benelits or waf service lrom.es, said the Minister for the Army Mr. Fol-de, in tlie House of RepresoiitfitijVes. He was replying.' to the Le'adei bf thei Opfr'ositjon, Mr.' jKieMzies- ' wlm lasked for details of tlie treatment oi deserters. Mr. Forde said the army had decided to discharge immediately those wlu were declared illegal absentees beforr Jauuary 1, 1940, and wlio had not snr rendered or .been appreliended. Dis eharges would be niarked "for mis eonduet" and discharge certificates would be issued to deserters onlv ii applied for. When tlie deeision was first an nouneed there ivas spme criticism from newspap.e rs and • ex-servfcemen 's or ganisat.ions who tliouglit deserters weri lieing released without penalty.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 June 1946, Page 5
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