A group of soldiers with an officer sitting front row centre flanked by a sergeant and a corporal.The site of the Linton Military Camp was bought by the New Zealand Government in October 1941. Tents for the 2nd Field Regiment formed the first accommodation on this site in February 1942, and within six months the first prefabricated huts were built.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- CA: Elmar Negative Collection
- Date
- circa 1942
- Digitisation ID
- 2012G_ELMAR-4_006346
- Held In
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
- Place
- Linton Camp, Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- Attribution + NonCommercial
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
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