INVALIDED SOLDIERS
CARE ON THEIR RETURN FROM OVERSEAS. STATEMENT BY MINISTER OF DEFENCE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, December 1. A statement concerning the Government’s treatment of soldiers invalided from overseas was made today by the Minister of Defence (Mr. F. Jones). Full provision, he said, had been made for the treatment and rehabilitation of the men when they return, including medical boarding, classification and treatment where necessary, pay or pension while in hospital, provision of mufti clothing allowance, travelling warrants, etc. Unless it is otherwise determined by the Adjutant-General, no soldier returned to New Zealand on account of physical unfitness, due to wounds or sickness, is to. be discharged from the Army until provision has been made for him under one of the following headings: Granted a war pension, replaced in former civilion occupation or in suitable employment, granted monetary benefit by Social Security Department pending his return to civil occupation.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 December 1940, Page 6
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