H.G. OFFICERS IN ARMY
CHANCE FOR COMMISSIONS.
P.A.
WELLINGTON, Oct. 22.
The statement that it was incorreet to say that Home Guard officers were given no opportunity of obtaining commissions in the Army and that, on the contrary, they received special consideration, was made by the Minister for Defence, Mr Jones, replying to a question by Mr Roy (Opposition, Clutha) in the House of Representatives. Explaining the procedure, Mr Jones said that when a Home Guard officer was called up by ballot for the Territorial FOrce he was recommended for immediate appointment to a temporary commission in the Territorial Force, if it was decided that his capabilities warranted such action, without being first sent to an O.C.T.U. In other cases if an officer was considered unsuitable he was sent to an officers' or n.c.o's training course and posted in due course to a Territorial Force Unit as an officer or n.c.o. according to the ability shown at the course.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 249, 22 October 1942, Page 2
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159H.G. OFFICERS IN ARMY Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 249, 22 October 1942, Page 2
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