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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... April , New Zealand gunners returned to the area when the 2nd ( Army ) Brigade was deployed in Ploegsteert Wood . They were withdrawn to Wulvergem , and then to positions on the road to Dranoutre ( Dranouter ) behind Mount Kemmel . A ...
... April , New Zealand gunners returned to the area when the 2nd ( Army ) Brigade was deployed in Ploegsteert Wood . They were withdrawn to Wulvergem , and then to positions on the road to Dranoutre ( Dranouter ) behind Mount Kemmel . A ...
Page 43
... April by tunnelling towards the German lines from the cavern system . Three mines were placed under the German trenches ; other tunnels allowed for infantry to proceed under the barbed wire to emerge just short of the German forward ...
... April by tunnelling towards the German lines from the cavern system . Three mines were placed under the German trenches ; other tunnels allowed for infantry to proceed under the barbed wire to emerge just short of the German forward ...
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... April 1917. The New Zealand field butchery was also stationed in the town . At Rouen there was a field bakery . Following the Armistice in 1918 , the General Base Depot was moved to the vicinity of this city from Étaples , and was ...
... April 1917. The New Zealand field butchery was also stationed in the town . At Rouen there was a field bakery . Following the Armistice in 1918 , the General Base Depot was moved to the vicinity of this city from Étaples , and was ...
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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