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. |
From inside the book
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Page 24
... turn left at the Polygonestraat and proceed 600 metres ( just past the turn - off on the left to Polletstraat ) . Looking to the right , you will see the direction of the New Zealanders ' attack on Polderhoek on 3 December 1917 ...
... turn left at the Polygonestraat and proceed 600 metres ( just past the turn - off on the left to Polletstraat ) . Looking to the right , you will see the direction of the New Zealanders ' attack on Polderhoek on 3 December 1917 ...
Page 34
... turn right and proceed through St Yvon . Turn right , and take the first left : along this road you can obtain a view of the battlefield on which the New Zealanders operated after the capture of Messines , pushing in the direc- tion of ...
... turn right and proceed through St Yvon . Turn right , and take the first left : along this road you can obtain a view of the battlefield on which the New Zealanders operated after the capture of Messines , pushing in the direc- tion of ...
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... Turn left and proceed to Doullens . Seventy - eight New Zealanders are buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery ... turn right on the D28 and proceed to Hébuterne . Follow the signs to Hébuterne Military Cemetery . Among the New Zealanders ...
... Turn left and proceed to Doullens . Seventy - eight New Zealanders are buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery ... turn right on the D28 and proceed to Hébuterne . Follow the signs to Hébuterne Military Cemetery . Among the New Zealanders ...
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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