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 14
... Sergeant David Gallaher , the former All Black captain , and 117 other New Zealanders . Gallaher is one of nine All Blacks who lost their lives on the Western Front while serving with the NZEF ; the others are J.A.S. Baird ( Bailleul ...
... Sergeant David Gallaher , the former All Black captain , and 117 other New Zealanders . Gallaher is one of nine All Blacks who lost their lives on the Western Front while serving with the NZEF ; the others are J.A.S. Baird ( Bailleul ...
Page 61
... Sergeant Samuel Forsyth , who was post- Sergeant Samuel Forsyth , VC ( 1891-1918 ) , from Wellington , spent four years with the New Zealand Engineers before being attached to the Auckland Regiment in August 1918. At Grévillers , he ...
... Sergeant Samuel Forsyth , who was post- Sergeant Samuel Forsyth , VC ( 1891-1918 ) , from Wellington , spent four years with the New Zealand Engineers before being attached to the Auckland Regiment in August 1918. At Grévillers , he ...
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... Sergeant Donald Forrester Brown , who was killed in action on 1 October 1916. His award was for gallantry during the New Zealanders ' attack on 15 September 1916. The nearby Butte de Warlencourt is worth visiting . This Roman - era ...
... Sergeant Donald Forrester Brown , who was killed in action on 1 October 1916. His award was for gallantry during the New Zealanders ' attack on 15 September 1916. The nearby Butte de Warlencourt is worth visiting . This Roman - era ...
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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