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Nelson's quota of men for the 39th Reinforcements are farewelled at the city's port on 5 March 1918 as they embark for training at Trentham. The 39ths left New Zealand in June 1918, but thanks to a happy accident at sea hardly any of them had arrived in France when the armistice was signed.
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Nelson Provincial Museum
‘Send off to the 39ths at Nelson wharf, Nelson, New Zealand, 5 March 1918’. F.N. Jones Collection: 310895