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SECTION I. —CALLING-UP OF MEN FOR MILITARY SERVICE Table 1. —Details of Ballots up to 31st March, 1943

Table 2.—Distribution by Districts and Type of Service

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T!„n„t wn Cat' 6 of Number of Nature of Classes inchulpd in TtillnfGazette. Men drawn. Service.* uasses incluaea m Fallot. 1 .. 2/10/40 10,000 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 „ .. 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. 6 .. 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) up to age 28 inclusive. 15 .. 28/4/42 17,955 „ .. fMarried men (with children) aged 29 to 31 inclusive. 16 .. 24/6/42 21,268 General .. fMarried men (with children) aged 32 to 34 inclusive. 17 .. 15/9/42 22,395 „ .. fMarried men (with children) aged 35 to 37 inclusive. 18 .. 11/11/42 21,715 „ .. fMarried men (with children) aged 38 to 40 inclusive. 19 .. 22/12/42 31,997 „ .. fMarried men (with children) aged 41 to 45 inclusive. * 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 Each of these ballots included also the inflow at age eighteen, together with other " seepages " into classes previously drawn.

Military Area Ballot No. j 2 I 3 4 5 fl 7 I 8 9 10 11 12 Dominion. Ak. Pae. Wha. Ham. Wgn. Wang. Nap. N.P. Ncl. Choh. Dun. Inv. Territorial Service Ballots 1 .. 2,000 1,350 1,450 2,000 1,900 750 1,000 1,000 750 1,900 900 1,000 16 000 2 .. 8,300 2,000 1,717 2,300 5,600 1,600 2,900 400 400 5,800 1,700 1,000 33 717 5 .. 1,079 338 139 294 853 615 634 356 726 1,156 774 746 7 710 6 .. 254 46 43 68 196 80 108 46 75 251 148 130 1,445 8 .. 1,913 643 375 614 1,358 722 948 492 517 1,8.16 963 750 11 111 10 .. 644 250 235 238 459 325 384 209 356 629 376 326 4 431 11 .. 474 147 90 135 319 190 210 109 162 429 213 148 2^626 13 .. 5,566 1,308 963 1,422 4,112 1,705 1,877 J.,006 1,395 4,211 2,126 1,413 27 104 14 .. 3,093 1,117 687 1,164 2,101 1,250 1,438 835 1,124 2,541 .1,232 988 17,570 15 .. 2,952 1,147 876 1,205 2,187 1,247 1,510 884 1,129 2,521 1,227 1,070 17,955 Total .. 26,275 8,346 6,575 9,440 19,085 8,484 11,009 5,337 6,634 21,254 9,659 7,571 139,669 Overseas Service Ballots 3 .. 2,186 825 533 862 1,795 967 1,091 649 966 2,063 1,088 975 14 000 4 .. 2,984 1,104 658 .1,223 2,572 1,282 1,522 833 1,320 2,760 1,402 1,340 19 000 7 .. 2,936 998 735 1,180 2,493 1,251 1,582 828 1,236 2,914 1,450 1,397 19 000 9 .. 3,758 1,374 931 1,450 3,253 1,578 1,919 1,063 1,447 3,568 1,891 1,593 23 825 12 .. 860 251 155 244 676 315 359 208 274 680 373 289 4,684 Total .. 12,724 4,552 3,012 4,959 10,789 5,393 6,473 3,581 5,243 11,985 6,204 5,594 80,509* General Service Ballots 16 .. 3,526 1,317 990 1,313 2,501 1,542 1,780 1,083 1,281 3,109 1,536 1,290 21,268 17 .. 3,811 1,294 1,019 1,337 2,690 1,546 1,798 1,152 1,326 3,355 1,686 1,381 22 395 18 .. 3,682 1,259 961 1,307 2,640 1,535 1,880 1,076 1,227 3,224 1,564 1,360 21 715 19 .. 5,748 1,977 1,357 1,938 3,809 2,222 2,654 1,542 1,693 4,787 2,323 1,947 31,997 Total .. 16,767 5,847 4,327 5,895 11,640 6,845 8,112 4,853 5,527 14,475 7,109 5,978 97,375 , ! 1_ All Ballots combined Grand total 55,766 18,745 13,914 20,294 41,514 20,722 25,594 13,771 17,404 47,714 22,972 19,143 317,553* Percentage 17 6 5-9 4-4 6-4 13-1 6-0 8-1 4-3 5-5 15-0 7-2 6-0 100-0 of Dominion total Notes. —*(i) Of the 80,509 men called for overseas service, 34,494 had already been included in previous territorial ballots. (ii) In 2,440 cases the calling up was subsequently cancelled by amending Gazette notice. (iii) Apart from the men included in ballots as shown above, 487 men have been called up under Regulation 44, following default in complying with the obligation to register for service.