YOUNG SOLDIERS’ BATTALIONS LEARNING THEIR JOB—British boys between eighteen and twenty years of age may join the Young Soldiers’ Battalions, where they remain until fully trained. This training is rigorous and extensive, and when a boy passes to a service battalion he is a competent soldier. Lads of a Young Soldiers’ Battalion arc seen crossing a river with rifles and full equipment.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1942, Page 4
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62YOUNG SOLDIERS’ BATTALIONS LEARNING THEIR JOB—British boys between eighteen and twenty years of age may join the Young Soldiers’ Battalions, where they remain until fully trained. This training is rigorous and extensive, and when a boy passes to a service battalion he is a competent soldier. Lads of a Young Soldiers’ Battalion arc seen crossing a river with rifles and full equipment. Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1942, Page 4
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