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Salvation Army armed services club, 1943

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Salvation Army armed services club, 1943

With suitcases packed and overcoats folded, young recruits preparing to leave for the Second World War line up outside a Salvation Army armed services club in 1943. The Army set up these clubs for servicemen and their families in New Zealand and overseas during both world wars.

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Mark Derby, Salvation Army – Salvation Army culture and development, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/29354/salvation-army-armed-services-club-1943 (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 23 March 2011.