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Ranfurly Veterans Home

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Ranfurly Veterans Home

These blind, pipe-smoking and apparently cheerful ex-servicemen are shown on the verandah of the Ranfurly Veterans Home, where they were residents. The home, in Mt Roskill, Auckland, opened in 1903, two years before this photo was taken.

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Reference: 1-W893

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Mark Derby, Veterans’ assistance – Medical rehabilitation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31970/ranfurly-veterans-home (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 14 March 2012.