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SECTION III.—APPEALS AGAINST MILITARY SERVICE Table 9.—Analysis of Appeals lodged, and their Determination

Notes. —(i) Cases adjourned on account of second call-up are excluded from figures relating to determination of early Territorial appeals. (ii) Tn addition to the appeals shown above, there were a number of appeals against Territorial service arising from Grade II men and others called for overseas service and later diverted to the Territorial Force. (iii) Appeals against mobilization (early in 1942) affecting Territorials and members of tho National Military Reserve are not included in the above table ; these are shown in Table 10. (iv) The roduced proportion of appeals arising from the nineteenth ballot (as compared with other general service ballots) was due to a press announcement that 110 immediate action would be taken to post these (forty-one to forty-five year old) men to camp. (v) The determination of appeals arising from the nineteenth ballot had not progressed sufficiently by 28th February, 1943, to enable analysis to be made; hearings were virtually suspended.

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Single Men. Married Men. Territorial Overseas Territorial Service. General Service. Position as at 28th February, 1943. Service: Service: —-— — —• — Ballots Ballots Ballot Ballots Ballots Ballot 1-12 3,4,7,9,12 13 14,15 16,17,18 19 (Ages 18-45). (Ages 21-40). (Ages 18-45). (Ages 18-31). (Ages 32-40). (Ages 41-45). Number ofmen called up .. 77,040 80,509 '27,104 35,525 65,378 31,997 Number of men affected by 25,684 26,336 12,975 21,392 47,362 22,003 appeals Percentage affected by appeals 33-4% 32-7% 47-9% 60-2% 72-4% 68-8% * Grounds of Appeal Status (i.e., incorrect inclusion in 585 612 391 179 293 75 ballot) Public interest .. .. 19,647 21,501 11,108 18,867 43,395 20,655 Undue hardship .. .. 15,954 16,465 6,308 10,295 23,782 9,284 Conscientious objection .. 1,696 2,395 349 462 833 307 Detekmination of Appeals Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Withdrawn .. .. .. 8-0 6*8 5-8 6-0 4-5 Dismissed (including dismissed 15-6 9-5 7-7 5-2 3-6 outright after hearing, dismissed for lack of prosecution, dismissed subject to non-com-batant service) Dismissed subject to condition — (a) Subject to a time condition 31-0 12-7 15-0 8-5 9-5 (b) Subject to New Zealand .. .. ■■ 7-4 3-5 service only (includes also restricted " seasonal" service within New Zealand) Adjourned on merits from military 27-4 45-8 51-8 63-2 62-2 service (including sine die and for review on a definite date) Allowed .. .. ■■ 1' 6 1*8 2-2 0-7 0-5 Determined on medical grounds— (а) Adjourned (unfit; not 12-2 21-4 15-4 8-2 14-9 Grade IV) (б) Struck out (Grade IV) .. 4-2 2-0 2-1 0-8 1-3 Excluding Unfit Cases : — Withdrawn and dismissed .. 28-3 21-3 16-5 12-3 9-7 Dismissed subject to a time 37-0 16-6 18-2 9-3 11-3 • condition Dismissed subject to New Zea- .. .. •• 8-1 4-1 lcind service Adjourned on merits and allowed 34-7 62-1 65-3 70-3 74-9 * These figures include under each separate type of ground those oases where appeals were also lodged on other grounds.