LADY FREYBERG’S THANKS FOR GIFT
A letter dated August 16, written at the New Zealand Forces Club, Cairo, has been received by the League of Womenfolk of the Overseas Forces from . Lady Freyberg, expressing deep appreciation of the gift of a huia beak brooch mounted in gold which they had sent her. The o-ift was presented during the recent visit To New Zealand of her husband, Lieuten-ant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg, V.C., who was asked to accept it on her behalt as a mark of gratitude from the league for her unvarying kindness to New Zealand servicemen in the Middle East. “I only wish .1 could tell you how very much touched I am at your thought ot me and at the great kindness of the message which accompanied the present, wrote Lady Freyberg. “The gift, '-self is indeed a thrilling one. and has suca special charm and significance both tor the fact of its.rarity and that it is such a trulv Now Zealand souvenir. I shall wear it with the greatest pride. It has been the greatest possible privilege to me to have been associated during these years with your wonderful division, and I only wish I had been able to do so very much more.”
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 13, 11 October 1943, Page 6
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206LADY FREYBERG’S THANKS FOR GIFT Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 13, 11 October 1943, Page 6
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