« Reply #18 on: Sunday 23 March 25 23:11 GMT (UK) »
Well that was unusual, he was too old, so they rejected him I guess, on the grounds of not getting his teeth attended to. One wonders why he even decided to enlist, if he was over the required age.
Jan
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Don’t know; but 38 may have been too old.
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"In 1914, recruits had to be 18 to 35 years of age and at least 167.6 centimetres tall with a chest measurement of 86.3 centimetres."
- He would have been too old, and not accepted into the AIF.
I think it was a dental issue.
Something like "Refused to have teeth attended"??
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