ENLISTMENT AGE.
ADVANCE TO FORTY. Per Press Associatoin. WELLINGTON, April 11The Government was now prepared to advance the age for enlistment to 40, announced the, Alinister of Defence (Hon. F. Jones) at the National Council meeting in Wellington to-day. Air Jones said men up to this age would be accepted in accordance with their position and responsibilities —single men first, married men without children, and so on. The age limit in the Great War was 19—45, but in the present conflict a start was made at 21— which was the territorial limit officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates of technical or other ability who were key men had been taken above the age of 35. It had been suggested that the age should be extended to 45, hut the Government was not prepared to go this far. It had been decided that if the advancing of the age limit was left too long there might be too many of the older group in the later units, and it was felt that to advance the age now to 40 would allow of an even distribution of older men among the young. A small unit was being formed of older men now engaged on coastal defence and these would bo replaced with men under 21.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 114, 12 April 1940, Page 6
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212ENLISTMENT AGE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 114, 12 April 1940, Page 6
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