New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy

Kitchen Refuse

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Kitchen Refuse

Four drums were provided at the cookhouses for kitchen refuse. They were placed on stands like a milkcan stand so that they could be readily dealt with by the conservancy contractors. In one drum was placed dry refuse such as ashes and bottles. In another were

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food scraps such as bacon, not of any use for food. Another held tins and the last one grease. All drums had proper lids. After emptying, the drums were washed by the unit personnel.

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Title: New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy

Author: Stout, T. Duncan M.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1956, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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