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[Header] [Military Orders 200 and 201 of 1917.

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[Heading:] AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE

[In margin, marked:] M.O. 200 1917.

[Subheading:] (1) PROVISIONAL ALLOTMENT OF TROOPS TO TRANSPORTS.

Table showing 32^nd Provisional Allotment of Troops to Transports, Part I, has been issued to all concerned.

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[Subheading:] (2) ENLISTMENT OF HALF-CASTES.

[In margin, marked:] Circular 113 1917.

Half-castes may be enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force provided that the examining Medical Officers are satisfied that one of the parents is of European origin.

NOTE. – All previous instructions on this subject are cancelled

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[Heading:] RANK OF OFFICERS ON RETURN FRO [sic] ACTIVE SERVICE.

[In margin, marked:] M.O. 201 1917.

In connexion with the rank of officers on return from Active Service (M.O. 113 of 1916), Commandants will, when submitting recommendations for termination of appointments of officers of the Australian Imperial Force, attach to their recommendations a statement showing the Corps, if any, of the Australian Military Forces in which each officer is serving and the rank held in such Corps by the officer concerned. Care is to be taken to include Trainees who are exempt from training by reason of residing in exempt areas, &c.