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Thanks to the base radio operators after the Glenhaven fire

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Glenhaven Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade 634 2948 1 Crego Rd., GLENHAVEN Jan. 29, 1975 [Stamp: BAULKHAM HILLS SHIRE COUNCIL — 6 FEB 1975 — No. M134/36866] Mr. Lionel Smith Baulkham Hills Shire Council Old Northern Rd., CASTLE HILL Dear Lionel, This is a personal note of appreciation which I am sure all members of the bushfire brigades would endorse after the events of the past four days. I refer to "the back room girls", your radio operators at Base. They did a terrific job and we are grateful to them. Please let them all know that. Theirs was a job which the general public cannot know or appreciate. If some general comments on last Saturday which I am sending to the daily Press, gain them wider recognition, then I am sure we will all be pleased. Thank you also for your personal efforts in a very trying time. Yours sincerely, [Signature: Norman Bent] Norman Bent Hon. Secretary, Glenhaven Volunteer Bushfire Brigade PS: I would like to know which brigade operated in the Crego Rd–Fullers Rd area on Saturday afternoon, as I would like to show my appreciation regarding my own home. Perhaps you could let me know this during the normal 8pm radio check next Monday evening.

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