NEW AGE GROUPS.
ADDITIONS TO THE ARMY. Received Mav 10. 9.30 a,m. LONDON, May 9. The King has signed his fourth proclamation covering-the registration of eight new age groups from ' 19 to 36 '-cars inclusive. This represents 2,I 0,000 men. The first contingent of Czechoslovak volunteers has left London to join the reconstructed Czechoslovak army in France. They shouted to those farewelling them: “We will meet in Prague.” In continuance of past practice no one' will be called upon to register until he has reached the age of 20, in spite of the fact that the proclamation for the first time covers men of 19* states the British Official Wireless.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 137, 10 May 1940, Page 7
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110NEW AGE GROUPS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 137, 10 May 1940, Page 7
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