MEN WHO ARE DRAWN

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 83, 4 October 1940, Page 4

MEN WHO ARE DRAWN

MUST AWAIT NOTICE

In a statement issued by Army Headquarters yesterday regarding men called by ballot, attention is drawn to the fact that a man who has been called in the ballot, provided his name and address are correctly shown in the Gazette, is not required to take any further action till he receives a notice from an Army Office to report for medical examination or some other purpose.

In many cases men who have been ( called in the ballot have applied to • join the Air Force, and arrangements j have been made to defer meantime the j medical examination of such men for i Territorial Force purposes. Those who come within the following groups will be deferred till it is known whether they have been accepted by the Air Force: (1) Men awaiting • selection; (2) selected but not yet medically examined; (3) selected and medically examined but not yet at-; tested in the R.N.Z.A.F. Reserve. i

If any man included in the above groups should receive a notice from

the Army, he should at once communicate with the nearest Army Office and act in accordance with the instructions which he will then receive.

In addition, it is possible that in a few cases men already attested in the R.N.Z.A.F. Reserve have been included in the ballot. These men will not be called up for the Territorial Force and they should at once communicate with the nearest Army Office.

It is also proposed to defer the medical examination of men who have been previously medically examined for the Army, and there is no need for such men to take any action till they receive a notice from the Army Office.

The main object of the statement is to advise men in the classes referred to that they should wait for orders from the Army and refrain from calling on or communicating with the Army Department. A large amount of correspondence has already been received and this is causing'unnecessary work.

It is also pointed out that if a man's address is incorrectly shown in the Gazette or in the notice of his having been drawn in the ballot which has been sent to him by the Director of National Service, he is required to notify the Director and the nearest Army Office promptly of his correct address.