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To Mr Macpherson single work   poetry   war literature   satire   "Say, what about a billet in yer office, Mister Mac?"
Issue Details: First known date: 1918... 1918 To Mr Macpherson
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Notes

  • A satirical poem on British War Office proposals to redeploy officers serving in France who were unfit for duty or who had prolonged service overseas. At the time, Ian Macpherson ('Mister Mac') was Under-Secretary of State for War in the House of Commons.

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    y separately published work icon The Kia-Ora Coo-ee vol. 1 no. 4 15 June 1918 Z1853826 1918 periodical issue 1918 pg. 18
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