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    Charles Heaphy

    The multi-faceted Charles Heaphy made quite an impact on colonial New Zealand as an artist, explorer, soldier and colonial administrator. He was the first colonial soldier to win the Victoria Cross

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NZ force captures German Samoa

1914 NZ force captures German Samoa

Colonel Robert Logan led a 1374-strong expeditionary force to capture German Samoa (afterwards renamed Western Samoa). The Germans stationed there were in no position to offer resistance. more...

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New Zealand goes to war - First World War overviewCapture of German Samoa

External links

  • Robert Logan biography (DNZB)
  • Samoa: First World War (1966 encyclopaedia)
  • Raising the German flag (Te Ara)
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