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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... unidentified ) ; there are probably other New Zealanders among the 412 unidentified soldiers buried here . From this cemetery , a good view can be obtained of the direction of the New Zealand attack on 4 October 1917. Standing on or ...
... unidentified ) ; there are probably other New Zealanders among the 412 unidentified soldiers buried here . From this cemetery , a good view can be obtained of the direction of the New Zealand attack on 4 October 1917. Standing on or ...
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... unidentified . There are 520 New Zealand headstones in this cemetery . Of these , 322 merely record an unknown New Zealand soldier . These unidentified men , and men whose bodies were never found or were buried in uniden- tified graves ...
... unidentified . There are 520 New Zealand headstones in this cemetery . Of these , 322 merely record an unknown New Zealand soldier . These unidentified men , and men whose bodies were never found or were buried in uniden- tified graves ...
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... unidentified . There is also a special memorial to thirteen New Zealanders who are believed to be buried in the cemetery . This cemetery is also the site of a New Zealand Memorial to the Missing . This consists of a Cross of Sacrifice ...
... unidentified . There is also a special memorial to thirteen New Zealanders who are believed to be buried in the cemetery . This cemetery is also the site of a New Zealand Memorial to the Missing . This consists of a Cross of Sacrifice ...
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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