ENLISTMENT AGE
• RAISED TO NINETEEN IN AUS- ' TRALIA. '! ;' ; Melbourne, STay 24.. r . In the House of .Representatives, Mr. W.'A. Watt, Acting-Premier, stated »hat tho ■ Government had raised tho enlistment'a v go for minors to 19, and ■ also that in cases where one or-more in a fnnii'.y had cnlislwl, leaving, only one eligible son, tlie parents' consent was necessary., before enlistment. Subject t.i these : two conditions an objection lodged' by parents within ten days would be considered.--Press Assn. ;. : [A provision has recently been in force enabling reeruils of the agn, of 18 to enlist without the consent.of their parents. In many cases protests have been made against tho provision.]
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 211, 25 May 1918, Page 7
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108ENLISTMENT AGE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 211, 25 May 1918, Page 7
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