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Links and publications relating to New Zealand's involvement in Belgium during the First World War
Film: fighting at the Somme and Messines
This film shows action at the Battle of the Somme in September 1916 and the Battle of Messines in June 1917.
Film: trench life in the First World War
See and hear about the conditions on the Western Front in the First World War.
Passchendaele: fighting for Belgium
Ever since 1917 Passchendaele has been a byword for the horror of the First World War. The assault on this tiny Belgian village cost the lives of thousands of New Zealand soldiers. But its impact reached far beyond the battlefield, leaving deep scars on many New Zealand communities and families.
All Blacks visiting Dave Gallaher's grave
Members of the 2000 All Blacks visit the grave of Dave Gallaher in Belgium.
Helping the wounded - Passchendaele
More than 14,000 New Zealanders were wounded between June and December 1917 in Belgium, and medical staff, orderlies, chaplains and stretcher-bearers worked round the clock to tend them.
Anzac cyclists
Prime Minister William Massey and Joseph Ward inspect the New Zealand Cyclist Corps.
Classroom ideas - Passchendaele
Get ideas on how to use the feature on Passchendaele: fighting for Belgium in social studies and history.
Reading the casualty list
On 27 July 1916 the Auckland Weekly News had on its cover a photograph captioned ‘The Casualty List’.
Douglas Harle's grave
Douglas Harle was a person of outstanding character who showed great initiative in leading his men.
Wellington College war medals and memories
Wellington College's old boys were among those who won war medals.
Stretcher-bearers on the Western Front
These images show New Zealand soldiers being cared for at an Advanced Dressing Station, wounded being brought in by stretcher-bearers and an ambulance being loaded at a casualty clearing station.
Wellington College old boys killed on the Western Front
This graph shows how many boys from one school died on the Western Front from 1916 to 1918.
Slide show of transport on the battlefield
This slide show illustrates the vital role played by horses and mules on the Belgian battlefields. Hundreds of these animals were employed hauling field guns and delivering munitions, rations and other supplies to the front line, often in appalling conditions.
Rest and recreation on the Western Front
This slideshow provides a glimpse of New Zealand soldiers going on leave and enjoying moments of recreation and humour behind the lines.
Slide show of life on the Western Front battlefield
Scenes of daily life in and behind the front line. It shows soldiers sleeping and reading, having meals and hot drinks, carrying out routine tasks, viewing the ruins of Ypres, and searching through their clothing for lice.
The creeping barrage
// To view this interactive you will need to Download latest Flash Player.First used in 1913 during the siege of Adrianople, the creeping barrage became synonymous with the First World War. This important tactic was developed in response to the static, trench-based warfare of the Western Front and the inadequacies of existing artillery barrages.Perfected during the Battle of the Somme in 1916, it was used with considerable success during the British attacks on Messines and Gravenstafel Spur in 1917, but it failed, with disastrous consequences, during the 12 October attack at Bellevue Spur.
Dealing with grief on the Western Front
In 1914 most New Zealanders made sense of the costs of war through the idea of the good Christian death. This form of consolation and ritual could not prepare people, though, for the scale and manner of death experienced during the war, particularly in France and Belgium.
Passchendaele's memorial plate
This is one of AB 608’s memorial nameplates.
Belgian battle scene
George Butler became New Zealand’s second official war artist, just three months before the end of the war.

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