Australia’s Compulsory Military Training
GOOD RESPONSE THROUGHOUT COMMONWEALTH United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Wednesday, 11.40 p.in. SYDNEY, Jan. 3. The response by youths to tho call-up for compulsory military training which was inaugurated to-day throughout Australia was excellent. Quito a large percentage expressed the desire to be drafted straight into the Second A.I.F. The enrolment to-day affected thousands who becomo .21 by June 30 and will become liable for home defence.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 3, 4 January 1940, Page 7
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