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17 with parents permission
For most countries, it was 16 years old.
The draft was ended at the end of th eVietnam war, because the peacetime army got the manpower it needed from volunteer enlistment.
the enlistment age for the Australian army is and has always been 18 years and you have to be 19 to serve overseas, you could join at 15 to become an army apprentice but this was a non combatant role. this was not always enforced to the letter of the law as birth certificates were no always required so many younger people put up their age to serve, the youngest being a boy of 14 years 9 months on enlistment in WW1.
Basic enlistment age. Most countries it was 18.
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The oldest age to join the army was 40.
There was no "Gallipoli War". People did not enlist in a "Gallipoli war": they enlisted in the Australian Army,which sent troops to Gallipoli, one of many campaigns undertaken during World War 1. The enlistment age for the Australian Army was 21 years. With the permission of a parent or guardian, it was age 18. Many younger boys lied about their age in order to join up. There were many 16 year olds who joined the army under false pretences, and there were even known to be some 14 year olds.
you had to be at lest 15 to 35
In World War 2 men came home one of three ways. Wounded, dead or when the war was over. After Pearl Harbor the draft was mute because men signed up by the droves. It is in Viet Nam that the draft became the means to man the army.
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Many young men joined the military at the onset of the First World War to live out romantic dreams of glory and adventure. This is still a significant reason for enlistment in the military today.