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Kōrero: First World War

Departure for war

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Departure for war

Men and horses prepare to leave Lyttelton for the First World War. The first group, the New Zealand Expeditionary Force of 8,454 men, left in October 1914 to be followed by another 90,000 men in the subsequent years of the war.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, The Press (Christchurch) Collection (PAColl-3031)

Reference: 1/1-017738-G

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ian McGibbon, First World War – Initial response, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34107/departure-for-war (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ian McGibbon, i tāngia i te 16 April 2012.