A group of about 35 recruits are shown with shovels and sandbags while digging a trench at the Awapuni Racecourse. This 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.
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Digging a Trench, Awapuni Military Camp
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Identifier
- 2018-44
- Date
- circa 1918
- Digitisation ID
- 2020P_2018-44_030639
- Format
- B&W print
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
Creation
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- Unknown
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- License
- No Known Restrictions
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