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A series of interviews by Doug Laurenson [Military Service no. 34957] of the Mobile Broadcasting Unit in Egypt, on the subject of how the New Zealand Army gets its food supplied and prepared.
Sergeant Major Elder [Military Service no. 5586] from Dunedin talks about his role. He is in charge of supervising sanitation around food. He talks about controlling the flies which are a major problem in the desert. He notes any complaints about food quality from he men come to him. He says their drinking water comes from the Nile and is chlorinated, which means it doesn't taste too good in tea.
This item is part of a collection of recordings made by the Mobile Broadcasting Units, which travelled overseas with New Zealand forces between 1940-1945. They recorded New Zealanders' experiences of war and messages to their families and friends, which were sent back home to be played on a weekly radio