"GET MERRY HELL"
MERCHANT SEAMEN TRIBUTE FROM SOLDIER "During the p&st few days," writes a member of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, "I have had an opportunity of judging for myself, up to a point, of course, the calibre ' nd worth of the men of the mercantile fleet. I suppose you are still hearing the usual platitudinous encomiums of their work in maintaining communications on the world's trade routes. "Believe me, they deserve it, from the captains down to the merest cabin boys. They get merry hell, and the toll of life and tonnage that has been taken by submarines and aircraft is infinitely greater than people in New Zealand can be expected to realise. "The crews have a rough time, but still look forward to it. Actually, they are still civilian workers, but they are? right in the firing line. "They can tell amazing stories, but it is about the other fellow that they seem to talk most, which is a change from the habit of the New Zealander as a type."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 125, 4 July 1941, Page 3
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174"GET MERRY HELL" Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 125, 4 July 1941, Page 3
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