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Spectrum at War

World War One treasures from deep in the archives of Spectrum.

Interviews and reminiscences from New Zealanders who were there

World War I soldiers and mascot
Group portrait of unidentified World War I soldiers and their dog mascot, photographed between 1914-1918 by Frank Denton or Mark Lampe, probably in Wanganui. Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios). Ref: 1/1-016608-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

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New Zealand soldiers with the Cannibals Paradise sign in World War I France
Four World War I New Zealand soldiers in a front line trench pose beneath the sign 'The Cannibals Paradise Supply Den Beware' painted on corrugated iron in response to German propaganda that New Zealanders ate their captured prisoners. Photograph taken Gommecourt Wood 10 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918. Ref: 1/2-013460-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

World War I soldiers on board ship
Group photograph of New Zealand World War I soldiers on board a ship. In the centre of the backrow, a soldier holds a lemon squeezer hat in front of his chest. Photograph taken between 1914 and 1918, by an unidentified photographer. Kidman, Ian :Photographs of World War 1914-1918. Ref: 1/4-027590-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

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