Normie Rowe's Conscription Was Valid

Singer Normie Rowe was led to believe that he was wrongly conscripted into the Army in 1967.
The 60s pop star, whose hits include Shakin' All Over and It's Not Easy, told reporters that his birth date - February 1, 1947 - was not one of the days that was drawn in the conscription ballots that year.
Rowe says he only discovered the mistake when he was booked for speeding by a policeman with the same birth date.
"He said: 'Oh, I was born on the same day as you I see. Why did you get called up and I didn't?' That was quite some years ago," Rowe recalled.
"I haven't really bothered chasing it too much because there's nothing much I can do about it all these years later.
"I mean the damage is done and you get on with your life."
But a military historian has denied claims that 60s pop idol Normie Rowe was wrongly conscripted by the Australian Army in 1967.
Australian War Memorial historian Libby Stewart says supplementary ballots were held for men who were absent from Australia when their age group was first drawn.
She says Rowe's conscription was valid.
"These supplementary ballots were held for every single national service ballot and they were held six months after the original ballot and they were designed to cover 20-year-old men who were out of the country at the time of the original ballot," she said.
"And that was the case with Normie. He was over in London at the time and so when he came back, he registered for national service and he was then, his birth date was then put into that supplementary ballot."