THIRD BALLOT

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 43, 14 November 1940, Page 8

THIRD BALLOT

Selection Of Men For

Overseas

START ON MONDAY

Requirements For Sixth

Reinforcements

AGES EROM 21 TO 40 YEARS The third ballot under the National Service Emergency Regulations, which will be for the selection of men for overseas service, is to begin on Monday, November IS. Making this announcement last night, the Minister of National Service, Mr. Semple, said the men to be drawn were required for the sixth reinforcements, and though the date could not yet be definitely stated, it was unlikely that they would be required to start training for some months. “The object of holding the ballot so far in advance is to give the men concerned and their employers the longest possible notice so that necessary business arrangements may be made,” said Mr. Semple. “While every effort will be made to have the men medically examined as soon as possible, in view of the fact that medical boards will be fully occupied for some time yet in examining the men drawn in the second territorial ballot, it is not anticipated that they will be in a position to start on the overseas men till early in the New Year. “The number of men to be selected is 14,000 and the Gazette containing their names will be published on December 4; appeals against being called up must, therefore, be lodged by December 14. A point to be noted in connexion with appeals is that they must be addressed (or delivered) to the Director of National Service, Wellington, for transmission to an Armed Forces Appeal Board and not (as in the case in connexion with territorial ballots) to the secretaries of Manpower Committees.” Cards Restored to Register.

“As has been stated on numerous occasions,” said Mr. Semple, “men who are eligible for inclusion in the First Division of the Reserve do not cease to be members of that division on voluntarily joining home-defence units or on being drawn in a territorial ballot. The cards for such men will be restored to the register for the purposes of the overseas ballot, provided, of course, that they come within the age limits of Class A of the First Division, which is the only class over which the ballot will be held. The age-limits referred to are from 21 to 40 years (both inclusive). “Any men who were called in the second (territorial) ballot (but have not yet gone into camp) and are again drawn in the overseas ballot will not be required to undergo territorial training but will be hold back to commence their training with the sixth reinforcements for overseas service.”