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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Page 74
... Armistice in 1918 , the General Base Depot was moved to the vicinity of this city from Étaples , and was renamed the New Zealand Reception Camp . The New Zealand Stationary Hospital was located initially at Amiens . In May 1917 it ...
... Armistice in 1918 , the General Base Depot was moved to the vicinity of this city from Étaples , and was renamed the New Zealand Reception Camp . The New Zealand Stationary Hospital was located initially at Amiens . In May 1917 it ...
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... Armistice ( Armistice Clearing ) within Compiègne Forest . This major tourist site is well signposted . It was here that representatives of the two high com- mands met to settle the terms of the Armistice that brought the fighting to an ...
... Armistice ( Armistice Clearing ) within Compiègne Forest . This major tourist site is well signposted . It was here that representatives of the two high com- mands met to settle the terms of the Armistice that brought the fighting to an ...
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... Armistice 66 , 74 , 76–7 Armistice Clearing ( Compiègne ) 77 Arras 12 , 43-4 Aubers Ridge 3 , 36 Auchonvillers 60 Australia 4 , 55 Australian forces 1-2 , 11 , 18–21 , 25-7 , 40-1 , 49–50 , 64 , 76 Australian War Memorial 16 Averill ...
... Armistice 66 , 74 , 76–7 Armistice Clearing ( Compiègne ) 77 Arras 12 , 43-4 Aubers Ridge 3 , 36 Auchonvillers 60 Australia 4 , 55 Australian forces 1-2 , 11 , 18–21 , 25-7 , 40-1 , 49–50 , 64 , 76 Australian War Memorial 16 Averill ...
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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