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Kōrero: First World War

German wounded, 1917

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German wounded, 1917

Wounded German soldiers captured in the Messines battle are led along duckboards to the field hospital in June 1917. The two New Zealanders in front are distinguished by their lemon-squeezer hats.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, RSA Collection

Reference: 1/2-012774-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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ian McGibbon, First World War – Western Front, 1916 to 1917, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34126/german-wounded-1917 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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