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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 2, 1935.
AA. Service in the ranks of any Reserve or Auxiliary unit of the aforesaid Force such as may have been rendered while those Units performed annual training equivalent to that normally carried. out by their parent Forces, provided the individual concerned also performed such training and that efficiency is determined by the standard required for the latter Forces.
B. Service in the ranks of other Authorized Auxiliary Naval, Military, or Air Forces of the Empire in which training in peace time is a prescribed condition of service, as well as service in any Reserves to these Forces, subject to the same conditions as in 4 AA, such service in both cases having been qualifying service in accordance with the regulations under the Royal Warrant of 23rd September, 1930, applicable to the Force in which or with whose Reserves the service was rendered.
C. Service in the ranks of a Cadet Corps or as a cadet in an Officers' Training Corps in any of His Majesty's Dominions, Colonies, or territories under His Majesty's protection, such service being qualifying service in accordance with the regulations under the Royal Warrant of 23rd September, 1930, applicable to the Auxiliary Forces of the Dominion, Colony or territory in which the service was rendered.
D. Service in any Forces mentioned in 4A, 4AA, and 4B during their embodiment, other than service covered by those sub-paragraphs, the exact period of such embodiment only being counted; provided always both as regards this service and that referred to in paragraphs 4A, 4AA and 4B that a period of 2 months' embodied service in any calendar year reckoned from 1st January to 31st December will be allowed to count as the equivalent of efficient service for that year.
E. Service on the Permanent Staff of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps by members of the Permanent Forces of the Empire, except such service as may be covered by sub-paragraph F below, and except as provided in paragraph 4AA, service in any unit or auxiliary unit of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps involving a liability for service only and no liability for annual training in peace, shall not reckon as qualifying service for the Medal or Clasps.
F. War Service :-
(i) A warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, or man of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps who was serving in the ranks of the Hong Kong Volunteer Corps established under the Volunteer Ordinance, 1893, (Hong Kong)—since repealed-or of the Reserve established under the Volunteer Reserve Ordinance, 1910, (Hong Kong)—since repealed-or in the ranks of any other Authorized Auxiliary Force of the Empire including their Reserves on 4th August, 1914, and who before 11th November, 1918, served, or accepted an obligation to serve, on military service beyond the borders of the territory of the Force of which he was a member, will reckon two-fold as qualifying service all embodied service on the active list, whether commissioned or in the ranks, given between the dates of embodiment and of disembodiment of the Force in which he was serving, whether such service was in the Royal Navy, Regular Army, Royal Air Force, Special Reserve, Territorial Force, or Dominion or Colonial Forces.
(ii) Except as provided in the preceding sub-paragraph F (i), commissioned service in the case of those men who were commissioned after service in the ranks of an Authorized
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