Letter from Canadian soldier, 177 James Cairns, Canadian Cyclist Battalion [2nd Division] to Mrs. A.B. De Long thanking her for a care parcel. This letter/card dated 14 December 1918 from Occupied Germany. The small card has a drawing of a German village "Herzliche Neujahrswunsche aus Meckenheim" [Happy New Year's wishes from Meckenheim] Meckenheim is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany situated about 15 km south-west of Bonn. CEF service file attached Mrs. De Long organized and forwarded parcels to CEF troops who were serving overseas. The letters in this collection date from late 1918 and early 1919. They are thank you letters to her. It appears that all of the recipients lived or still had family in the North Burnaby area.