A group of about fifteen soldiers holding picks and planks of wood are shown practising digging trenches. 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 ...

Place:          Awapuni
Date:          1914 to 1918

Mr G A Hart identified two men in the photo. Second from left, standing in the background, is Harry Hart and second from left, standing in the foreground with a stick, is Jim Davis. The exact location of this metal pit is unknown but it may have b...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore [?]
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1905