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lost their lives on the home front. Your officers who had the responsibility
of administering your Civil Defence scheme are proud
to have had the opportunity of voluntarily serving the community in
this capacity in the dark days through which we have passed and to
have had the honour of leading in the field such a capable body of
men and women who, when the call came, gave of their best regardless
of their own safety and to the limit of their endurance.
I am,
Your obedient servant,
F. LAWRENCE SMITH,
August, 1941 Mcdical Officer oj Health.
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