W.W.S.A. SERGEANT

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 103, 26 January 1943, Page 2

W.W.S.A. SERGEANT

Returned From Middle East One of the first 30 girls to leave New Zealand as a member of the Women's War Service Auxiliary in 1941, .Sergeant Ann Myers, daughter of Mr. aud the late .Mrs. .R T. Myer'S", Mount Eden, has re-

lumed to Auckland after an absence of IS months in the Middle East. Sergeant Myers will report for duty again in Wellington shortly. “Cairo its fascinating. I loved it, and the girls were a wonderful lot: to work with. We were just like one big happy family,” said Sergeant Myers. The girls lived on the ninth story of the New Zea-

land Forces Club in Cairo, with Sudanese .servants to look after all their needs, including cooking and laundry. Their work in connexion with the welfare department at the club was most interesting

ami varied, and included clerical and canteen duties and entertaining men on leave. Not only did they visit (lie wounded at No. I General Hospital, but they also went into the desert to visit, New Zealand mon in English hospitals, for whom they frequently wrote letters and did shopping commissions. The New Zealand Club, which is open to anyone in uniform in any of the services, is by far the most popular of all the service clubs in Cairo. Asked about the food. Sergeant Myers said they wore all well catered for. 'There was mi abundance of grapes, oranges, bananas and other tropical fruits all the year round; hut: they never saw cream and there was, of course, a scarcity of green vegetables and such fruit ns apples. "In fact, when one of our members received a case of apples from New Zealand and gave one to each of ns, we really did not know whether to cat it or keep it to look at,” said Miss Myers. Every kind of hospitality was accorded the members of the W.W.S.A., and many lovely homes were' thrown open to them, while Lady Freyberg. who is in charge of lhe club, frequently entertained them at her flat, on Gaziera Island. "In fact, 1 cannot say too much about Lady Freyberg.” said Sergeant Myers. “She was marvellous—just like a mother to all of ns? |