Overseas Tour

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 25 March 1947.

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Photo of Mr Frederick Bellenger Mr Frederick Bellenger , Bassetlaw 12:00, 25 March 1947

Non-Regular soldiers are still serving under Python rules, which make them eligible for repatriation after three years. The postwar overseas tour for Regular Army personnel is now three to three-and-a-half years. This period may be served in more than one overseas station, and not necessarily exclusively in Japan.