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12 April
1913 HMS New Zealand begins tour of NZ
During its 10-week New Zealand tour, more than half a million people visited the battleship, which this country had gifted to the Royal Navy.
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Preparing for war - First World War overviewHMS New Zealand in WellingtonPelorus Jack in 1913
External links
- HMS New Zealand (Wikipedia)
- New Zealand’s gift to the Empire- War Art (Archives NZ)
- HMS New Zealand (Te Papa)
1902 Train accident in South Africa kills 16 NZ soldiers
Sixteen members of the Eighth New Zealand Contingent were killed when their train collided with a goods train at Machavie (Machavierug) near Potchefstroom. more...
Internal links
The Contingents - NZ units in South Africa 1899-1902Guerrilla war: 1901-1902 - NZ in the South African War
External links
- The Machavie disaster (Papers Past)
- The Machavie railway accident (Papers Past)
- 1899-1902 South African War (NZ Army)
- NZ Eighth Contingent (AngloBoerWar.com)
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