THE SECOND DIVISION.
DATE OF FIRST BALLOT. PROBABLY 291 h OCTOBER. NUMBERS IN VARIOUS CLASSES. It is now considered ns highly probable (hat (he first bn Hot among members of the 2nd Division of the Expeditionary Foree Reserve for the purpose of making 1 up shortages in (he Reinforeemcnt drafts will take place on Monday, 29th October, the selection being made from I hose in (Hass A. Men in this class who wish to avoid the ballot may do so by enlisting voluntarily at any time prior to Saturday, 27th October. The numbers in the various classes of the Second Division as on ‘22nd September have now been officially computed by the Government Statistician (Mr Malcolm Fraser) as follows; — Class A (married men without children) 22,331 Class B (married men with one child) 21,907 Class C (married men with two children 24,825 Class D (married men with three children) 17,253 Class E (married men with four children) 10,498 Class F (married men with live or more children) ... 11,320 Total 100,134. It is considered probable that with accretions of First Division men through coming of age and the voluntary enlistment, of youths of 19 each of the first three classes will provide .sufficient for three ballots. This, however, applies more so to Classes B and C than to Class A.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1738, 9 October 1917, Page 3
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219THE SECOND DIVISION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1738, 9 October 1917, Page 3
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