PARCELS FOR WAR PRISONERS
WEEKLY DELIVERY OF FOODSTUFFS
“We get a Red Cross parcel of tinned foods every week and are they wonderful!” writes an Invercargill soldier who is a prisoner of war in Germany. His letter was written during his first week in a permanent prison camp and he stated that he had received his first parcel. The British Red Cross Society forwards to each soldier in prison camps a preliminary parcel of clothing and shaving gear valued at £3/10/and thereafter sends a weekly parcel of foodstuffs. The soldier says that air mail letters reach the prisoners about once a week.
The information about the delivery of parcels will be reassuring to parents and relations of soldiers who have feared that parcels are not forwarded or are broached before reaching their destination.
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Southland Times, Issue 24602, 26 November 1941, Page 4
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133PARCELS FOR WAR PRISONERS Southland Times, Issue 24602, 26 November 1941, Page 4
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