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This slide show illustrates the devastation wrought on the village of Messines and surrounding countryside during the Allied offensive of June 1917. The captions are those used in the original scrapbook from which these images are taken.
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'Messines slide show', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/interactive/messines, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 14-Oct-2014
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Main Body of NZEF sails to war
New Zealand enters the First World War
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Bere Ferrers rail accident
First New Zealand soldier executed
Kiwi Wimbledon champ killed in battle
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The Battle of Messines
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NZ's ‘blackest day’ at Passchendaele
NZ force captures German Samoa
German 'Sea Devil' imprisoned in NZ
The evacuation of Gallipoli begins
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