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Part 6 of 8
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 Cook ""Paddy"" Bourke [Military Service no. 11/6 and 5589] ends his interview by sending love to his wife in Wellington and also calls Timaru - and notes he served in World War I with 'The Kid from Timaru', Jimmy Hagerty (who was killed at Gallipoli.)
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.