The military history of New Zealand during World War I began in August 1914. When Britain declared war on Germany at the start of the First World War, the New Zealand Government followed without hesit
New Zealand troops unloading at a French port in 1918.
The Union Flag being raised at the courthouse at Apia on 30 August 1914
Orders received by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Logan from Colonel Braithwaite to seize German Samoa, 18 August 1914
New Zealand troops landing at Gallipoli
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The New Zealand Army is the principal land warfare force of New Zealand, a component of the New Zealand Defence Force alongside the Royal New Zealand Navy and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Military history of New Zealand during World War I
…died while training in New Zealand between 1914 and 1918. The First World War saw Māori soldiers serve for the first time in a major conflict with the New Zealand Army (although a number had fought in the Second Boer War when New Zealand recruiters chose to ignore British military policy of the time of disallowing…
Crest of the New Zealand Army
New Zealand troops landing stores, Gallipoli in WWI
New Zealand soldiers in France during 1917
Maori troops performing a haka in North Africa during July 1941