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The High Commissioner for New Zealand to the Prime Minister [Extract]

With reference to your telegram of 21 September (No. 278), it is assumed that the unit to be raised in the United Kingdom is to be regarded as a complete anti-tank battery. The Military Liaison Officer has been in touch with the War Office regarding facilities and it is proposed to attach the unit to a training regiment at Aldershot or Catterick. Please confirm that the enlistment age is twenty-one to thirty-five years and cable rates of pay and details regarding allotments, &c., at the earliest date as it is necessary to call up the men for interview and medical examination immediately….²