TRAINEES FOR CAMPS
SELECTION THIS WEEK DOM IN lON EN R 0 LMENTS EAHCE percentage fit (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this clay. All the (iGOrt officers and men, comprising the special military force for service in Now Zealand or overseas will, in accordance with present arrangements, be in camp by October 6.
Officers and N.C.O.'s already have received their notices. Tlie selection of other ranks is being made and the men will receive notices this week, instructing them when they are to enter camp
The units will proceed to various camps in tlie Dominion from October ,'i to October G. Up to Saturday night the total enrolments were 13,078 of whom 10,015 have been medically examined Of this total. 5968 have been declared lit and 2758 temporarily unfit and 1289 permanently unfit. Many of the temporarily unfit men have since been classed as lit after dental treatment. It is anticipated that at least three-quarters or the temporarily unfit recruits will eventually qualify for tlie lit class for a similar reason.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20051, 25 September 1939, Page 8
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170TRAINEES FOR CAMPS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20051, 25 September 1939, Page 8
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