Story: Veterans’ assistance

Ranfurly Veterans Home

Ranfurly Veterans Home

These blind, pipe-smoking and apparently cheerful ex-servicemen are shown on the verandah of the Ranfurly Veterans Home, where they were residents. The home, in Mt Roskill, Auckland, opened in 1903, two years before this photo was taken.

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Auckland City Libraries – Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, Sir George Grey Special Collections
Reference: 1-W893
Photograph by Henry Winkelmann

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How to cite this page:

Mark Derby, 'Veterans’ assistance - Medical rehabilitation', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/31970/ranfurly-veterans-home (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Mark Derby, published 20 Jun 2012