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Boxing match, Authie, France, 1918

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Boxing match, Authie, France, 1918

A large crowd watches a boxing match during the New Zealand Divisional Sports held at Authie, France, in June 1918. In addition to impromptu sporting events for entertainment, inter-unit and divisional sports allowed the best athletes from different units to compete. For both participants and spectators these tournaments were a welcome break from the routine of war service.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association Collection

Reference: 1/2-013323-G

by Henry Armytage Sanders

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Ian McGibbon, Military and sport – South African and First World wars, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/38718/boxing-match-authie-france-1918 (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Ian McGibbon, published 3 December 2012.