Midshipmen…

Te Ao Hou, November 1957, Page 20

Midshipmen… Each year the Royal New Zealand Navy selects a number young New Zealanders for training as officer cadets. CADET-MIDSHIPMEN: Open to boys aged between 14 ½ and 15 ½ on 1st January of the year in which they apply. Qualifications: Applicants must pass a Naval medical test and compete in an educational examination which has the same syllabus as School Certificate and includes mathematics. Successful candidates enter the Royal Australian Naval College in January of the year following acceptance. After 3 years there they sail for the United Kingdom for further training and courses for Lieutenant. Applications close: 1st July each year. SPECIAL ENTRY: Open to boys who are between 17 years 3 months and 18 years 7 months on the date applications close. For the November Entry only the upper age limited is 18 years 6 months. Qualifications: After a Naval medical test applicants sit a competitive examination with a syllabus of University Entrance standard and including mathematics and physics. If successful they enter the Royal Naval College of Dartmouth, England, and spend approximately 3 years in the United Kingdom undergoing special training at sea and ashore. Applications close three times a year for Special Entry Scheme…on 1st April, August, November. Full details and application forms for both methods of entry may be obtained from Naval Recruiting Officers at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.