HOME GUARD OFFICERS
COMMISSIONS IN ARMY SPECIAL CONSIDERATION GIVEN I From Our Own Parliamenuu .v ue»oi ter I Wellington, This Day. It was not correct that Home Guard officers were given no opportunity of obtaining commissions when they were called up for other military service. On the contrary they received special consideration m this respect, dated the Minister ol Defence (Mr F. Jones) in a written reply tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday to a question asked by Mr J. A. McL. Roy (National, Clutha). The Minister explained that when a Home Guard officer was called up by ballot for service in the Territorial Force he was recommended for immediate appointment to a tem - porary commission (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.co.’s training course and posted in due course to the Territorial Force unit as an officer or n.co., according to the ability shown by him.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 22 October 1942, Page 5
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175HOME GUARD OFFICERS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 22 October 1942, Page 5
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