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.
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Soldiers undertaking training exercises watched by their colleagues
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Identifier
- 2018-44
- Date
- circa 1917
- Digitisation ID
- 2020P_2018-44_030589
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Awapuni
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
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