To help lift morale during a break from the desperate fighting at Cassino in early 1944, the mobile showers were opened to the men, pay was issued, and each soldier was given a free half bottle of beer, paid for via the Battalion's fund.
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Reference: DA-11635
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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