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U-series. Greetings from the Middle East. Part 1

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Year
1941
Reference
11978
Media type
Audio

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Rights Information
Year
1941
Reference
11978
Media type
Audio

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Series
U series
Duration
00:03:14
Broadcast Date
03 Apr 1941
Credits
RNZ Collection
Laurenson, Doug, Announcer
Collie, Alexander Scott, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Coddington, Herbert Edward

Part 1 of 3
Broadcasting unit announcer Doug Laurenson [Military Service no. 34957] introduces greetings from New Zealand men serving in the Middle East. The following men send greetings [where identified, their military service number follows their name]: Alex Collie [Military Service no.4081] greets Thorndon, Wellington; Herbert Coddington [Military Service no.4179] sends a message to Pat in Napier; Stan Betts [Military Service no.6255] greets Hawera; Bill Yeates [Military Service no.4141] Inglewood; John Groshinski [Military Service no.4131) Whanganui; George Wells ([Military Service no.4164] calls 42 Majoribanks St., Wellington; Bill Marshall [Military Service no.31014] greets everyone at The Royal, Featherston; Ed Bourgeois [Military Service no.4623] greets Napier.

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.