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PARCELS FOR TROOPS TRIBUTE BY SOLDIER Although he said he could add little to what had already been told about the campaigns in Greece and Crete, Lance-Corporal A. Murtagh, of Hamilton, who has just returned from active service overseas, today stressed how valuable was the regular sending of parcels and letters to the troops in maintaining morale. “It is always noticeable that on mail day and for some time afterward the morale of the troops is at its highest,” said Lance-Corporal Murtagh. “You really have no idea what letters and parcels mean to the soldier. There is nothing he likes better than word from home.
“The chaps overseas from the firm where I was employed have been particularly fortunate in that our firm has always maintained a great interest in us,” he added. “This had a wonderful effect on those soldiers. The firm sent money orders regularly to all its former employees, as well as letters and parcels. If one of us were a little remiss about replying, it was no time before he received a cable from the firm making inquiries if he were well. You cannot imagine what this meant to us. We have never been allowed to think at any time that we have been forgotten.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21549, 11 October 1941, Page 6
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