BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15087, 2 June 1919, Page 5

BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

ENLISTMENT OF AUSTRALIANS.

Australian suid N-Z. Qabie Association*

(Received Juno 1, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 30. • The Australian Press Association learns that 150. Australians, mostly infantry, have enlisted to go to Russia. All have teen demobilised in the past fortnight. Australian headquarters discourages the enlistment of Australians having dependents in England, and refuses leave to Australians having dependents in Australia. The recruits • are mostly men between twenty and thirty-three, and are mainly moved by a, spirit of adventure. Several, after being recruited by British officers, refused to attest upon ] learning that they would not be per-! mitted to wear the Australian unirorm nor be placed in a definite Australian unit. No members of the Australian Flying Corps have enlisted. Brigadier-General Davies, of the Eighth Brigade, will command a British battalion. The men are mostly enlisting in two's and three's, seldom singly. , Major Wark and Captain Moon, Victoria Cross winners, are seeking to enlist, but their comrades are endeavouring to dissuade them. The men will receive half their deferred pay if they enlist for a year, and the War Office will pay for their return to Australia. Further enlistments are unlikely.