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SPECIAL FORCE ENLISTMENTS QUICK RESPONSE TO APPEAL HIGH STANDARD OF FITNESS REQUIRED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright WELLINGTON, September 19. Up to 8 o’clock last night 11,442men had enlisted in the special force now being formed for service within New Zealand or overseas. , So far 6,933 men have been medically examined, and the result expressed in percentages is: — Fit, 57J per cent. Temporarily unfit, 29 per cent. Permanently unfit, 131 per cent. In view of the very high standard of fitness required for this force these figures are held to be satisfactory, and it is pointed out that the majority of temporarily unfit men who have been so classed because of dental defects will be classed as fit when their teeth have been attended to. Details of the returns; —
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District. Northern . .. 4,475 1,567 967 466 134 Central 4,104 3,237 1,763 1,003 471 Southern . 2,865 2,129 1,244 564 321 Totals . .. 11,442 6,933 3,974 2,033 926
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Evening Star, Issue 23375, 19 September 1939, Page 8
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174NEARLY DOUBLED Evening Star, Issue 23375, 19 September 1939, Page 8
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