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Map showing the tunnels at Arras

Map showing the tunnels at Arras

Tunnellers mining a road near Arras, 1918

Tunnellers mining a road near Arras, 1918

Christchurch cavern, Arras, 1917

Christchurch cavern, Arras, 1917

New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1918

New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1918

Writing in the Arras tunnels

Writing in the Arras tunnels

Steps in the Arras tunnels

Steps in the Arras tunnels

Wellington cavern, Arras

Wellington cavern, Arras

Listening underground with a geophone

Listening underground with a geophone

New Zealand tunnellers on board the Ruapehu

New Zealand tunnellers on board the Ruapehu

New Zealand Tunnellers' mascot, Snowy the cat

New Zealand Tunnellers' mascot, Snowy the cat

First NZ soldier to die on the Western Front

First NZ soldier to die on the Western Front

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Zoomable Arras tunnels map

Zoomable Arras tunnels map

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