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A group of eight soldiers sit on the ground and perform various exercise involving thin sticks, while being watched by fourteen others who stand behind them. It was probably taken at the Awapuni Racecourse, which 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.

Identification

Object type
Image
Identifier
2018-44
Date
circa 1917
Digitisation ID
2020P_2018-44_030589
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

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Taxonomy

Tags
army,
awapuni,
awapuni military camp,
awapuni racecourse,
military,
world war one,
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