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This notice enlisted Philip Martin for alternative service and requested he report to an alternative service centre in Ontario. Sent in July 1941, it proclaimed that Martin had "been called out to undergo Alternate Service." The full text of the notice is transcribed below.

An aged blue document. — (Philip Martin Fonds, Mennonite Archives of Ontario.)

*The notice is transcribed in full.*

(Notice - Alternative Service)

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES

(National Resources Mobilization Act, 1940)

From: The Divisional Registrar, W.A. Martin

Administrative Division "A"

London, Ont. *July 10, 1941*

BY PROCLAMATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL

You have been called out to undergo Alternate Service and, in accordance with the National War Services Regulations 1940 (Recruits) found fit for service. Therefore you are hereby notified to report on *Wednesday July 16, 1941* to the Alternate Service Centre at *Montreal River, Ontario*.

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