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Biography: Dansey, Harry Delamere and Dansey, Roger Ingram

Roger Ingram Dansey

Roger Ingram Dansey

A popular officer in the Native Contingent during the First World War, Roger Dansey led by example. He was photographed in 1915 at Malta, digging a trench with comrades. Dansey is in front, with Peter Buck behind him and Captain Hiroti and Lieutenant Tikao on the right.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Free Lance Collection (PAColl-0785)

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Jane Baxter and Juliet Robinson and Kath Boswell. 'Dansey, Harry Delamere and Dansey, Roger Ingram', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/46487/roger-ingram-dansey (accessed 4 June 2026).