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Shellfire during Battle of the Somme
Shellfire blighted everything it touched. H. Stewart, The New Zealand Division 1916–1919: a popular history based on official records, Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland, 1921
Andrew Hamilton Russell, 1918
Photograph of Major-General Andrew Hamilton Russell at New Zealand Divisional Headquarters, Bus-les-Artois, France, on 21 May 1918
Godley addressing NZEF troops in France
Officers and non-commissioned officers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force Infantry.
First NZ soldier to die on the Western Front
Grave of Sapper Tobin – New Zealand’s first death on the Western Front
Section post on the Somme
New Zealand machine gun post on the Somme in 1918
Inspecting gas masks in 1918
New Zealand soldiers inspect their gas masks during the First World War
Troops and tank in France in 1918
New Zealand troops and the tank 'Jumping Jennie' in a trench at Gommecourt Wood, France during the First World war
18-pounder in action at Beaussart
A New Zealand 18 pounder gun in action at Beaussart, France during the First World War
British prisoners of war
German troops escort British prisoners of war through the main square of Bruges in Belgium, July 1917.
German heavy artillery
A German 17cm SLK L/40 railway gun firing near Marne, July 1917.
German soldiers near Arras
German soldiers take the opportunity to rest during a lull in the fighting near Arras in northern France, 1916-1918.
Flamethrower in action
German troops being trained to use a flamethrower, 1917.
German film crew
Two German soldiers operate a film camera from a trench on the Western Front, circa 1917-1918.
Moving artillery into position
German soldiers move 77mm field guns into position on the Western Front, circa 1916-1918.
German assault trooper
A youthful looking German assault trooper pictured on the Western Front, 1916.
German medical examination kit
A German medical examination kit souvenired during the battle for Passchendaele in 1917.
First World War sniper rifle
Sniper rifle used on the Western Front by Private Alfred Hugh Dillon MM, Wellington Infantry Regiment.
Battle scene near Passchendaele
Image showing the mud and shattered tree stumps of Passchendaele on 4 October 1917. The ruins of a German pill-box can also be seen.
Where they lived - Wellington College students killed in Belgium
This map of Wellington shows the location of the homes of some of the 40 Wellington College old boys who were killed on the battlefields of Belgium.
Film: trench life in the First World War
See and hear about the conditions on the Western Front in the First World War.

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