THE FIRST DIVISION
More Than One-quarter Exhausted
la the four ballots that have already taken place, 17,467 members of the First Division have been called up to fill' some 5800 vacancies in the 23rd, 24ih, 25th, 2Gtb, 27th and 28th Reinforcements. As the membership of the First Division al*o is being steadily depleted by voluntary enlistment —it originally comprised 84,986 men—it will be seen that, this class is already more than one-quarter exhausted. For continuation of news see fourth page
i The numbers men of drawn in the various Military Service i ballots to date have been aa follows :— 1st Ballot 4000 2nd Ballot... 3000 3rd Ballot ... 3600 4tb Ballot (double) G8 07 Total ... 17,4t>7
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 February 1917, Page 3
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115THE FIRST DIVISION Hokitika Guardian, 19 February 1917, Page 3
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