Part of a series of recordings for radio broadcasts on Christmas Day 1940 in New Zealand: Christmas Greetings from New Zealanders in the Middle East. Part 8 of 12
Mobile Unit broadcaster Doug Laurenson [Military Service no. 34957] introduces an unidentified New Zealand Army Padre who sends greetings from the Chaplains Department:-
He notes Christmas greetings had hardly subsided when he left New Zealand last year. He talks about the feelings towards home and the importance of mail to the men overseas.
Mail Day is always the most vitally important day in camp life overseas. For weeks past Christmas Greetings have been wending their way home to New Zealand.
The Padre introduces the next track in the programme, which will be a recording of some of the troops singing Christmas carols.
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 programme.