TEMPORARILY UNFIT
TREATMENT OF RECRUITS PROCEDURE EXPLAINED Misunderstandings regarding the position of volunteers whose acceptance has been deferred or who have been classed as temporarily unfit by medical boards were cleared up by Lieut. N. J. T. Webster, N.Z.T.S., officer in charge of No. 8 military area, at New Plymouth yesterday. "In the case of those deferred because of varicose veins, tonsils, hernia and similar complaints," he said, "the onus is on the recruit to present himself for treatment at the nearest public hospital. As a recruit is not a member of the military forces until he has been reboarded, passed fit and attested, payment for such treatment comes under the provisions of the Social Security Act." Lieutenant Webster explained that in cases of defective eyesight the procedure was different. In those cases the cost had to be borne by the recruit. Before finishing his treatment with his doctor or optician he should obtain the date upon which he will be flt for duty and inform the nearest Army Office. He would then be advised of the date of his reboarding.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1940, Page 6
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181TEMPORARILY UNFIT Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1940, Page 6
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