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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.
Private Smith [Military Service no. 25380] of Auckland, who is a butcher at Base Camp, talks about the supply of meat. He greets Epsom and Sandringham and says they get very good quality meat, mostly beef, which is delivered frozen. Even in the desert heat, it still takes 12 hours to fully thaw. It is then carved up and delivered to the cooks.
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.