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Soldiers embroidering, 1918

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Soldiers embroidering, 1918

These injured and disabled soldiers are embroidering as they recover from war wounds in Christchurch Public Hospital in 1918. An officer is visiting the men and admiring their work.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PAColl-5932-27

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Douglas Lloyd Jenkins and Lucy Hammonds, Crafts and applied arts – Craft from the 1900s to 1920s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/45275/soldiers-embroidering-1918 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Douglas Lloyd Jenkins and Lucy Hammonds, published 16 May 2014.