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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Square in Arras showing wrecked houses and band playing. Photo courtesy of the Kippenberger Collection at the Waiouru Army Museum. DP-08-0314-4.jpg.
Square in Arras ( 44.8KB jpg )
Dead horses on the battlefield at Arras. Photo courtesy of the Kippenberger Collection at the Waiouru Army Museum. DP-08-0314-3.jpg.
Dead horses on the battlefield at Arras ( 26.3KB jpg )
 
Battle of Menin Road. Photo courtesy of the Kippenberger Collection at the Waiouru Army Museum. DP-08-0314-2.jpg.
Battle of Menin Road ( 43.3KB jpg )
Ribs of an incomplete German pill-box Passchendaele. Photo courtesy of the Kippenberger Collection at the Waiouru Army Museum. DP-08-0314-1.jpg.
Ribs of an incomplete German pill-box ( 40.9KB jpg )
 
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