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Conscription ballot: sorting the cards

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Conscription ballot: sorting the cards

Once the marbles had been drawn their numbers were written on the blackboard, and the sorters then rifled through the cards to pull out the relevant names.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

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Ian McGibbon, Second World War – A more intense effort, 1940, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/34560/conscription-ballot-sorting-the-cards (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Ian McGibbon, published 17 April 2012, updated 1 May 2016.