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This image was taken by Keith Collinson, of the family who owned the Collinson & Cunninghame's department store. He was a Sergeant based in the Records Department at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. The Māori Battalion trained at the Showgrounds from January to May of 1940. On the back of the photograph Keith wrote, “Māori Battalion Parade at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. Tall building at right, lost in Ordnance Fire, midnight New Year’s Eve.” The fire was in 1945.

Images contributed by Keith's great-nephew, Palmerston North city councillor, Mark Arnott.

Identification

Object type
Image
Content type
Image
Archive
IMCA Digital
Date
1940
Digitisation ID
2023P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_041432
Format
B&W print

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keith collinson,
military parades,
māori battalion,
palmerston north showgrounds,
second world war,
world war 2,
world war ii,
world war two,
ww2,
wwii,
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