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Kōrero: Second World War

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.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: C 21591

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

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

He kōrero nā Ian McGibbon, i tāngia i te 17 April 2012, updated 1 May 2016.