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Troops of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company play with their mascot, Snowy the cat, in Dainville, near Arras, France. This photograph was taken on 16 July 1918.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-013371-G
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