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Medical Units

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  The New Zealand Expeditionary Force was supported by a broad network of medical services in the First World War

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• Page 2 – New Zealand Medical Corps

  Field AmbulanceA Field Ambulance was not a vehicle but a front-line unit of around 250 personnel which treated men injured in battle.

New Zealand and Le Quesnoy

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  It was the New Zealand Division's final action of the First World War. On 4 November 1918, just a week before the Armistice was signed, New Zealand troops stormed the walled French town of Le Quesnoy. The 90 men killed were among the last of the 12,483 who fell on the Western Front.

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• Page 4 - Battle accounts, Lieutenant AverillLeslie Cecil Lloyd Averill is best remembered for his exploits during the liberation of Le Quesnoy on 4 November

Hospital ships

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  The Maheno and Marama were the poster ships of New Zealand's First World War effort. Until 1915 these steamers had carried passengers on the Tasman route. But as casualties mounted at Gallipoli, the government - helped by a massive public fundraising campaign - converted them into state-of-the-art floating hospitals.

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• Page 5 – Life on board

  What was life like aboard a hospital ship? That largely depended on your job, your rank and your gender.

Armistice Day

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  After four terrible years, fighting in the First World War finally ended with the signing of an armistice between Germany and the Allies on 11 November 1918. New Zealanders celebrated enthusiastically, despite having recently celebrated the surrenders of the three other Central Powers and the premature news of an armistice with Germany.

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• Page 5 - Armistice Day and the fluThe influenza pandemic dampened some armistice celebrations, particularly in