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New Zealand Tunnellers' mascot, Snowy the cat

Troops of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company play with their mascot, Snowy the cat, in Dainville, near Arras, France. This photograph was taken on 16 July 1918.

This image Appears In 3 Articles:

  • 18 Pounder in action at Le Quesnoy
    Western Front in 1918
  • Map showing the tunnels at Arras
    The Arras tunnels
  • Auckland Regimental pipe band in France, 1918
    Military mascots

Keywords

tunnelling
mascots
western front
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'New Zealand Tunnellers' mascot, Snowy the cat', URL: https://nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/nz-tunnellers-mascot-snowy-the-cat, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Aug-2014

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