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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... Battalion ( which is incorrectly described as the ' Maori Battalion ' on the head- stones ) . Another place of interest in Ieper is St George's Memorial Church ( on the corner of Vandenpereboomplein and Elverdingestraat ) , construction ...
... Battalion ( which is incorrectly described as the ' Maori Battalion ' on the head- stones ) . Another place of interest in Ieper is St George's Memorial Church ( on the corner of Vandenpereboomplein and Elverdingestraat ) , construction ...
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... Battalion , Otago Regiment , on 23 October 1918 . Hanging inside the church , which has the date 1538 over its entrance , is a banner presented to it by the city of Christchurch in 1924. The church is usually locked , so you should make ...
... Battalion , Otago Regiment , on 23 October 1918 . Hanging inside the church , which has the date 1538 over its entrance , is a banner presented to it by the city of Christchurch in 1924. The church is usually locked , so you should make ...
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... Battalion , the Otago Mounted Rifles and the entrenching battalions - for the most part operated in the same areas as the New Zealand Division , since the latter was part of the corps . However , the German offensive of March 1918 led ...
... Battalion , the Otago Mounted Rifles and the entrenching battalions - for the most part operated in the same areas as the New Zealand Division , since the latter was part of the corps . However , the German offensive of March 1918 led ...
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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