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Description

These unidentified soldiers are part of the 2nd Field Ambulance unit. Army issue tents are visible in the background of the photograph. The Palmerston North A&P Showgrounds, Awapuni racecourse and Awatapu Golf Course were all utilised as army training camps during the war.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
CA: Elmar Negative Collection. Notebook 2: Fm5
Date
August 10, 1942
Digitisation ID
2012G_ELMAR-4_006292
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
army,
awapuni,
awapuni racecourse,
black and white,
elmar studios,
medic,
photographs,
tepee,
training,
world war ii,
wwii,
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