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Funeral of Henry Nicholas
Following his death, Henry Nicholas was buried in the French cemetery at Beaudignies. However, as the battalion wished to show greater respect, his body was exhumed and reinterred, with full military honours, in the Vertigneul churchyard in northern France.
Sound: a veteran remembers Le Quesnoy
Along with other surviving veterans of the Western Front, Curly Blyth was made a chevalier de la Légion d'honneur by France in 1998, and a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit three years later 'for services to war veterans and the community'.
Le Quesnoy convoy, 1918
New Zealand military transport moves along a road near Le Quesnoy, 30 October 1918
New Zealand gunners near Le Quesnoy, 1918
New Zealand gunners fire 4.5-inch howitzers in an orchard near Le Quesnoy, 29 October 1918
Leslie Averill ceremony in Le Quesnoy
Leslie Averill (far left) attends the ceremony, in 1977, to mark the naming of a new school and street after him. Gordon Parkinson of the New Zealand Embassy in Paris is fourth from the left.
Le Quesnoy Memorial, 1923
During the dedication of the New Zealand Memorial at Le Quesnoy in 1923
Officers entering Le Quesnoy, 1918
Officers of the New Zealand Division entering Le Quesnoy in the early morning of 5 November 1918
Le Quesnoy memorial dedication
The dedication of the New Zealand memorial at Le Quesnoy, 15 July 1923
New Zealand troops on parade in Le Quesnoy
New Zealand troops, on parade in Le Quesnoy's square, November 1918
Le Quesnoy memorial window, Cambridge
A detail of the war memorial window in St Andrew's Church, Cambridge, New Zealand. The image shows New Zealand soldiers scaling the walls at Le Quesnoy. The caption reads 'Le Quesnoy 4 Nov 1918'.
Unveiling of NZ memorial in Le Quesnoy, 1923
Lord Milner speaks at the unveiling of the New Zealand Memorial in Le Quesnoy, 15 July 1923
Le Quesnoy commemoration, 2000
The procession to the New Zealand Memorial during the Le Quesnoy commemoration, which was attended by both the All Blacks and the New Zealand A team on 5 November 2000.
Flying the NZ flag at Le Quesnoy
La Maison Quercitaine de Nouvelle-Zélande in Le Quesnoy.
Marching through Le Quesnoy, 1918
New Zealand troops march through Le Quesnoy on 10 November 1918
18 Pounder in action at Le Quesnoy
A New Zealand 18-pounder gun in action near Le Quesnoy on 29 October 1918
Le Quesnoy post-attack, 1918
New Zealand soldiers stand at the positions from where they began their successful attack on Le Quesnoy
Le Quesnoy map, 1921
This map of Le Quesnoy shows the front line immediately before the attack that liberated the town and the objective lines for the attack. H. Stewart, The New Zealand Division 1916–1919, Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland, 1921
Opening of Leslie Averill school, Le Quesnoy
Leslie Averill attends the opening of the school named in his honour at Le Quesnoy, 1977. G.N. Parkinson
All Blacks visit to Le Quesnoy, 2000
Members of the New Zealand A rugby team at the New Zealand memorial in Le Quesnoy, 5 November 2000 Ian McGibbon
Veteran returns to Le Quesnoy, 1975
During a return visit to Le Quesnoy in 1975, Leslie Averill points to the spot on the town's inner rampart where he climbed the ladder on 4 November 1918. G.N. Parkinson

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