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SECTION II.—CALLING-UP OF MEN FOR MILITARY SERVICE Table 4. —Details of all Ballots up to 31st March, 1944

• 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.

Table 5. —Distribution by Districts and Type of Military Service

Notes.—*(i) Of the 80,509 men called for overseas service, 34,494 had already been included in previous Territorial ballots. (ii) In 2,628 cases the calling-up was subsequently cancelled by amending Gazette notice. (iii) Apart from the men included in ballots as shown above, 543 have been called up under Regulation 44 following default in complying witli the obligation to register for service,

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tj„ii„* w« " Date of -Number of Nature of ,*, , , . . , _ „ . Ballot No. 0azeUe Men drawn service.' Clas3e8 l"eludea 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 „ .. 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 ago 19 and age 41 during period Bince 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 1!) 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 .. f Married men (without children) aged 18 to 45 inclusive. 14 .. 25/3/42 17,570 „ .. JMarriod 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 „ .. {Married men (with children) aged 38 to 40 inclusive. 19 .. 22/12/42 31,997 „ .. JMarried men (with children) aged 41 to 45 inclusive. 20 .. 27/7/43 7,536 „ .. Further inflow at age 18 and miscellaneous "seepages" into other classes. 21 .. 10/11/43 4,077 ,, .. Further inflow at age 18 and miscellaneous "seepages" into other classes.

Territorial „ , „ a . /-. Uonoral Service. , ,-. Service: Overseas Percentage Military Area Ballots Service: - All .Ballots of ' ' 1, 2, 5, (>, Ballots 3, ,, ,, . combined. Dominion 8,10,11, 4,7,9,12. f? , n Ballot 20. Ballot 21. Total. 13, 14, 15. w ly - 1. Auckland .. .. 26,275 12,724 16,767 1,372 794- 57,932 17-6 2. Paeroa .. .. 8,346 4,552 5,847 407 173 19,325 5-9 3. Whangarei .. .. 6,575 3,012 4,327 301 115 14,330 4-4 4. Hamilton ..' .. 9,440 4,959 5,895 433 179 20,906 6-3 5. Wellington .. .. 19*, 085 10,789 11,640 959 545 43,018 13-1 6. Wanganui .. .. 8,484 5,393 6,845 514 272 21,508 6-5 7. Napier .. .. 11,009 6,473 8,112 540 322 26,456 8-0 8. New Plymouth .. 5,337 3,581 4,853 392 206 14,369 4-4 9. Nelson .. .. 6,634 5,243 5,527 388 197 17,989 5-5 10. Christchurch .. 21,254 11,985 14,475 1,141 659 49,514 15-0 11. Dunedin .. .. 9,659 6,204 7,109 659 373 24,004' 7-3 12. Invereargill .. .. 7,571 5,594 5,978 430 242 19,815 6-0 Whole Dominion .. 139,669 80,509* 97,375 7,536 4,077 329,166 100-0 • ' 1