asked the Minister for Defence whether Mr. Joseph Linny, late No. 6552, Railway Protection and Maintenance Corps, was entitled to a month's pay and ration allowance on his demobilisation in August last, and whether if this is the case payment will be expedited.
WRITTEN ANSWERS. - PAYMENT AND ALLOWANCE ON DEMOBILISATION.
The regulations governing demobilisation provide that a soldier discharged for inefficiency shall not be entitled to 28 days' furlough with pay and ration allowance. Mr. Linny was discharged as unsuitable, following a record which showed that he was not likely to become an efficient soldier. The issue of the pay and allowance referred to is therefore not admissible in his case.