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… For his leadership of 9th Battery on the right flank of the Anzac position from May to October (when he was invalided to …
Type: Biography
… and a race programme was distributed. Races included the Anzac Champion Steeplechase, the Sinai Grand National and a …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Military and sport
… It was judged at the time as the personification of the Anzac spirit. The base was prepared by Daniel Berry, a …
Type: Biography
… invaluable. The following month, seconded for duty as II ANZAC Corps (later XXII Corps) tramway superintendent, he …
Type: Biography
… a coming of age for the country and established the potent Anzac tradition (named for the Australian and New Zealand …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: History
… about their new wartime allies by publishing I heard the Anzacs singing. Despite her early pacifism, she strongly …
Type: Biography
… of Waitangi in 1840, and has been a holiday since 1974. Anzac Day, on 25 April, is commemorated as the anniversary …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Nation and government
… her birthday. He also led New Zealand troops in the first Anzac Day parade in London in April 1916. In November 1916 …
Type: Biography
… except for Christmas Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Anzac Day), the increased use of credit cards, and new …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Economy
… – and only – New Zealander ever to exercise command of an ANZAC force at divisional level. He was knighted for his …
Type: Biography
… is divided into different forces: the combat force – two Anzac-class frigates, HMNZ ships Te Kaha and Te Mana the …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Armed forces
… and (from a piano on the back of a truck) accompanied Anzac Day services at Te Karaka’s war memorial, which was …
Type: Biography
… he went with the troops representing New Zealand at the Anzac Day commemorations in Sydney, and in 1939 he helped …
Type: Biography
… a French doctor regarded her as the 'guardian angel of the ANZACs', a bishop, speaking in the House of Lords, called …
Type: Biography
… the Atlantic Monthly in January and he began work on After Anzac Day , which he hoped would be ‘the great New Zealand … country. When the fellowship was over, he finished After Anzac Day in a rush. An ambitious novel set around the 1951 …
Type: Biography
… In the 21st century many younger people and children attend Anzac Day commemorations, acknowledging the contributions …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Older people
… 3rd Reinforcements and served with a howitzer battery at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, from 25 April. Commissioned as a …
Type: Biography
… The resulting documentary was screened the night before Anzac Day 1990. Huata retired in 1982 and moved to Hastings, …
Type: Biography
… spanning parks, roads (he was the inspiration behind Anzac Avenue), public health, planning and organisation. He …
Type: Biography
… succumbed to leukaemia at Orewa, where he had attended an Anzac Day ceremony just three days earlier. …
Type: Biography