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Leonard Hart Great War Story
Leonard Hart was one of the New Zealand soldiers engaged in the offensive at Passchendaele. His letter to his parents which was smuggled out to avoid military censorship is the most vivid extant record of the horrors of the battle.
Nelson Park memorial gates
The gates at the Jull Street entrance to Nelson Park in Napier are a memorial to Private Arthur Coker who was killed in the First World War,
Alexander Godley
Godley was a man with considerable talent for organisation, as evidenced by his training of the Territorial Force in the early 1910s, and later command of the New Zealand Division in the First World War.
Battles of Broodseinde and Passchendaele map
Map showing progression of front line on Western Front following Battles of Broodseinde and Passchendaele, 1917
The Western Front 1916-1917 map
Map showing the Western Front and major battles along it in 1916-17
Alfred Booker
Alfred Booker died of wounds at No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England on 31 October 1917.
George Chaney
Christchurch-born George Chaney served with the Canterbury Regiment at Passchendaele. He was killed in action on 29 November 1917, aged 31, and is commemorated at the Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial at Polygon Wood in Belgium.
Gun crew at Passchendaele
A gun crew struggles in the mud at Passchendaele, October 1917.
Andrew Hamilton Russell
Andrew Russell was one of New Zealand's most important military leaders of the First World War, known for his strategic brilliance and meticulous planning.
Passchendaele in memoriam notice
Extract from a full page 'in memoriam' notice published in the Auckland Star 4 Oct 1918, three days after the surrender of Bulgaria.
Dunedin railway station war memorial
Dunedin railway station war memorial.
German medical examination kit
A German medical examination kit souvenired during the battle for Passchendaele in 1917.
Passchendaele interactive map
This interactive map illustrates New Zealand's involvement in the battles for Messines, Polderhoek and Passchendaele during 1917.
Passchendaele letter from Leonard Hart
An amazing letter from Private Leonard Hart, a soldier who experienced the horrors of Passchendaele first hand.
Battle scene near Passchendaele
Image showing the mud and shattered tree stumps of Passchendaele on 4 October 1917. The ruins of a German pill-box can also be seen.
Leonard Hart at Trentham Camp, 1915
Private Leonard Hart took part in the Gallipoli campaign and Passchendale offensive during the First World War.
Film: inspecting the troops, 1917
The Right Honorable Walter Long, Secretary for the Colonies, inspects New Zealand troops near Bailleul, northern France, on 9 March  1917.
New Zealand troops in Belgium film
Film showing New Zealand troops in Belgium in 1917.
Where they lived - Wellington College students killed in Belgium
This map of Wellington shows the location of the homes of some of the 40 Wellington College old boys who were killed on the battlefields of Belgium.
Stanley Herbert remembers Passchendaele
Stanley Herbert describes aspects of daily life on the battlefield during the Passchendaele offensive.

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