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24 April
1922 New Zealand's first poppy day
A total of 245,059 small poppies and 15,157 larger versions were sold, earning £13,166. Of that amount, £3,695 was sent to help war-ravaged areas of northern France; the remainder assisted unemployed returned soldiers and their families. more...
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- The history of Poppy Day (RNZRSA)
- RSA (1966 encyclopaedia)
- Anzac Day service (Te Ara)
1941 Sinking of the Hellas
Disaster struck during the evacuation of Allied forces from Greece when a large number of civilians and Commonwealth troops, including New Zealanders, were killed boarding the Greek yacht Hellas at the port of Piraeus, near Athens.
more...External links
- Sinking of the Hellas (28 Maori Battalion)
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