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Naval Forces Regulations 1935
Part 1Form of oath
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Part 1 Form of oath
I, (insert full name of person), swear that I will well and truly serve Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her Heirs and Successors according to law, as a sailor in the (insert Permanent Naval Forces, Naval Emergency Reserve Forces, Royal Australian Fleet Reserve or Royal Australian Naval Reserve as the case requires), or in any other force in the Navy in which I volunteer, and am accepted, for service, (insert for the period of insert number of years years and any extensions of that period or until attaining retiring age as the case requires), that I will resist Her enemies and faithfully discharge my duty according to law.
SO HELP ME GOD!
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Taken and subscribed before me on
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Note The oath may be taken before an officer of the Navy, Army or Air Force, a Warrant Officer of the Navy, a Warrant Officer Class 1 of the Army, a Warrant Officer of the Air Force, a Justice of the Peace, a Commissioner for Affidavits or a Commissioner for Declarations: see subregulation 41 (1).