new oath, noun phrase

Forms:
Also with initial capitals.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Perhaps translation of Afrikaans nuwe eed.
historical
The new oath: The General Service Oath taken by those members of the armed forces willing to serve anywhere in the world during the second World War. See also red oath.
Note:
The oath was first taken in 1943.
1944 ‘Twede in Bevel’ Piet Kolonel 210Never can they take away from us those days we had in the 1st S.W.A. Inf.; we have now taken the new oath, lots of us have.
1944 ‘Twede in Bevel’ Piet Kolonel 213And the New Oath..?..No one knows all the factors and circumstances which have influenced the boys..to come to their decision to take or not to take the new oath.
[1983 F.G. Butler Bursting World 163On 26 January Parliament passed legislation authorising a new oath for service anywhere in the world.]
The new oath:The General Service Oath taken by those members of the armed forces willing to serve anywhere in the world during the second World War.
Derivatives:
Hence new oather  noun phrase, one who took the General Service Oath.
1944 ‘Twede in Bevel’ Piet Kolonel 207There is nothing uplifting in the present disturbing rumours about the future of the ex-SWAIS’s new oathers.
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