New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials of the Western FrontThis is a guide book that provides directions for those who wish to visit the graves of their forbears or to examine the places in which so much New Zealand blood was shed, often in horrifying conditions. Brief descriptions of the various battles in which the New Zealanders took part are provided to give the visitor a perspective on the numerous New Zealand battlefields, monuments, and cemeteries. |
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... New Zealand's effort in France from this time was the New Zealand Division , comprising three ( and for a time four ) brigades of infantry and support troops . Other New Zealanders served with various line - of - communication units ...
... New Zealand's effort in France from this time was the New Zealand Division , comprising three ( and for a time four ) brigades of infantry and support troops . Other New Zealanders served with various line - of - communication units ...
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... Zealand Division , in June 1917 , had one of its spectacular successes , and the village of Mesen ( Messines ) remains conscious of its New Zealand ... Division was serving . The New Zealanders would attack between the 3rd Australian Division ...
... Zealand Division , in June 1917 , had one of its spectacular successes , and the village of Mesen ( Messines ) remains conscious of its New Zealand ... Division was serving . The New Zealanders would attack between the 3rd Australian Division ...
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... New Zealand Division's initial operations on the Western Front . At the time the New Zealanders concentrated in the area around Hazebrouck in April 1916 , the fighting along the whole British front line was characterized by relatively ...
... New Zealand Division's initial operations on the Western Front . At the time the New Zealanders concentrated in the area around Hazebrouck in April 1916 , the fighting along the whole British front line was characterized by relatively ...
Contents
Visiting the battlefields | 5 |
MessinesLa Basseville | 26 |
ArmentièresLys | 35 |
Copyright | |
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12 October Alexander Turnbull Library Amiens Anzac Corps April Archives New Zealand Armentières Arras artillery Bailleul Bapaume barrage Basseville Battalion Battle Beaudignies Belgium Brigade British Cemetery captured casualties Cathedral Cemetery Ploegsteert Cemetery St Jan commemorated Communal Cemetery Extension CWGC Cyclist Étaples Farm Cemetery fighting Flers forces France front line German offensive Grévillers Havrincourt headstones Hébuterne Ieper II Anzac Corps July Kemmel kilometres Le Quesnoy Longueval machine-gun Marfaux Menin Gate Menin Road Mesen metres Military Cemetery Missing museum November NZEF Otago Passchendaele Passendale Péronne plaque Ploegsteert Wood Polygon Wood Poperinge proceed Quesnoy recorded the names Rifle Road Cemetery Roeselaarestraat Romeries s-Graventafel sector September Sergeant shell Solesmes Somme three kilometres town trenches tunnellers turn left turn right Tyne-Cot unveiled Vertigneul Victoria Cross village wall Website Western Front World Ypres Zealand battlefield memorial Zealand Division Zealand graves Zealand Memorial Zealand soldiers Zealand troops Zealanders advanced Zillebeke
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