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Description

Awapuni Racecourse was home to one of New Zealand’s largest training camps in World War One, and was the sole location for training the New Zealand Medical Corps. staff.

Reverse of postcard reads:

Kit Inspection

17 October 1917 Awapuni

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Community
Date
October 17, 1917
Digitisation id
2018P_2018-44_025443
Format
B&W print
Held In
"IMCA Digital Archive"

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awapuni racecourse,
medical corps,
world war one,
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