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MEN CALLED UP FOR MILITARY SERVICE Table 1.—Schedule of Ballots up to VJ Day (15th August, 1945)

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Ballot No. Date of Gazette. Number of Men gazetted. Type of Service.* Classes included in Ballot. 1 .. 2/10/40 16,000 Territorial .. Single men aged 19 to 45 inclusive. 2 .. 6/11/40 33,717 ,, Single men aged 19 to 45 inclusive. 3 .. 4/12/40 14,000 Overseas Single men aged 21 to 40 inclusive. 4 .. 4/3/41 19,000 99 Single men aged 21 to 40 inclusive. 5 .. 26/3/41 7,710 Territorial .. All remaining single men aged 19 and 41 to 45 inclusive. € .. 29/4/41 1,445 „ Inflow at age ,19 and age 41 during period since fifth ballot. 7 .. 7/5/41 19,000 Overseas Single men aged 21 to 40 inclusive. 8 .. 24/6/41 11,111 Territorial .. Bulk of 18-year-old group, plus further inflow at ages 19 and 41. 9 .. 6/8/41 23,825 Overseas All remaining single men aged 21 to 40 inclusive. 10 .. 19/8/41 4,431 Territorial .. Balance of 18-year-old group, together with inflow at age 18. 11 .. 8/10/41 2,626 ?? Inflow at age 18 since tenth ballot. 12 .. 2/12/41 4,684 Overseas Inflow at age 21 since ninth ballot. 13 .. 20/1/42 27,104 Territorial .. fMarried men (without children) aged 18 to 45 inclusive. 14 .. 25/3/42 17,570 » fMarried men (with children) aged up to 28 inclusive. 15 .. 28/4/42 17,955 fMarried men (with children) aged 29 to 31 inclusive. 16 .. 24/6/42 21,268 General "("Married men (with children) aged 32 to 34 inclusive. 17 .. 15/9/42 22,395 55 fMarried men (with children) aged 35 to 37 inclusive. 18 .. 11/11/42 21,715 JJ fMarried men (with children) aged 38 to 40 inclusive. 19 .. 22/12/42 31,997 55 fMarried men (with children) aged 41 to 45 inclusive. 20 .. 27/7/43 7,536 >9 Further inflow at age 18 and miscellaneous " seepages " into other classes. 21 .. 10/11/43 4,077 55 Further inflow at age 18 and miscellaneous " seepages " into other classes. 22 .. 28/6/44 7,071 55 Further inflow at age 18 and miscellaneous " seepages " into other classes. 23 .. 21/11/44 4,609 55 Further inflow at age 18 and miscellaneous " seepages " into other classes. 24 .. 23/5/45 5,909 55 Further inflow at age 18 and miscellaneous " seepages " into other classes. * With the coming into force of the general service provisions, all men drawn in previous Territorial ballots were deemed to have been drawn for general service. t Bach of these ballots included also the inflow at age eighteen, together with other " seepages " into classes previously drawn.