SOLDIERS’ LEAVE
HOME SERVICE UNITS SECOND ECHELON MEN PERIOD OF I 1 DAYS (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Arrangements for tile granting of holiday leave to soldiers on home service were announced last evening by the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones. He said that members of mobilised units of the Territorial Force and guards and coast-watching detachments were to be granted 24 hours’ holiday leave on one of the three following days: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day. Because of the necessity for such units to be ready to carry out their normal duties, it would not be possible to arrange for the personnel to be given extended Christmas or New Year leave. Members of the second echelon of the Special Force may be given leave from December 22 to January 3, said Mr. Jones. If, on the other hand, the men desire to remain in the camps, they may do so. Members of the Maori Battalion may be given leave on the same conditions as those applying to the second echelon.
Mr. Jones said that in all the cases mentioned it must be distinctly understood that any travelling on leave would be at the expense of the individual concerned. No travelling warrants for boat or rail would be granted, tout advantage might be taken of the concession fares granted to the troops.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20119, 13 December 1939, Page 11
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228SOLDIERS’ LEAVE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20119, 13 December 1939, Page 11
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