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Battle of Messines

100 years ago today, New Zealand soldiers took part in the Battle of Messines in World War One. 

New Zealanders carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher, near Messines, Belgium, during World War 1. Photograph taken by Henry Armytage Sanders on 8 June, 1917. Alexander Turnbull Library

John Lee (NZ Truth, 22 April 1926). Courtesy Papers Past

A camouflaged New Zealand artillery gun in an emplacement at the Battle of Messines in World War I. Photograph taken by Henry Armytage Sanders on 8 June, 1917. Alexander Turnbull Library

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