Historical Images: NZ Soldiers in Belgium and France

Images in this section show NZ soldiers at Messines, in West Flanders and some of the 400-strong kiwi tunnellers who built an underground town at Arras, France.  The remainder show NZ soldiers involved in the Battle of Passchendaele, near the town of Ypres in West Flanders. The battle took place in dire, swampy conditions, but was eventually won by the Canadian Corps in November 1917.

Images are courtesy of the Kippenberger Collection at the Waiouru Army Museum. None may be reproduced, copied, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the Museum.

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NZ gunners at Messines. Photo courtesy of the Kippenberger Collection at the Waiouru Army Museum. DP-08-0314-10.jpg.
NZ gunners at Messines ( 26.6KB jpg )
NZ signaller at Gallipoli Farm Passchendaele. Photo courtesy of the Kippenberger Collection at the Waiouru Army Museum. DP-08-0314-9.jpg.
NZ signaller at Gallipoli Farm ( 42.3KB jpg )
 
Near the Line - Ypres. Photo courtesy of the Kippenberger Collection at the Waiouru Army Museum. DP-08-0314-8.jpg.
Near the Line - Ypres ( 34.5KB jpg )
Langemarck 1917. Photo courtesy of the Kippenberger Collection at the Waiouru Army Museum. DP-08-0314-7.jpg.
Langemarck 1917 ( 27.2KB jpg )
 
Farm at Passchendaele. Photo courtesy of the Kippenberger Collection at the Waiouru Army Museum. DP-08-0314-6.jpg.
Farm at Passchendaele ( 36.2KB jpg )
Artillery shelling at Passchendaele. Photo courtesy of the Kippenberger Collection at the Waiouru Army Museum. DP-08-0314-5.jpg.
Artillery shelling at Passchendaele ( 33.8KB jpg )
 
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