2. 1,100,000 lived in NZ in 1914
103,000 fought overseas with
2,227 Maori
550 nurses
458 pacific
Over 18,000 never came home, while another 200 later died from their wounds!
World War 1 (WW1) was a significant event of the 20th century. They were fighting for four long years and it finally ended on the 11th of November 1918, but people thought it would be over by Christmas New Zealand fought in the Middle East, France Gallipoli and Belgium. They either got shot or bombed, died of disease or died of wounds. Some soldiers survived, but the effects of war took it’s toll on them.

3. People in gas masks shooting a machine gun
A sinking ship
A destroyed tank
This is a trench used to protect soldier's from bombs

4. Gallipoli
The ANZAC’s landed at Gallipoli on April the 25th Every year the landing at Gallipoli is commemorated.
New Zealanders fought with Australians. They joined forces and became known as ANZAC’s.
The battle of Chunuk Bair on August 1915 claimed the lives of 505 New Zealanders.
Nurses
550 nurses served for New Zealand, 10 lost their lives when their transport ship, the Marquette, was torpedoed.
In December 1915 the ANZAC’s retreated. Self-firing rifles were set up to fool the Turkish soldiers. They left behind 2,721 people who had died.

5. An ANZAC nurse.
The landing of the ANZAC’s.

6. Nz’s journey to the Battle of Somme
In 1916, the New Zealand troops went over to Somme, France, to fight against the other countries in trenches known as the Western Front.
The dreadful battle of Somme took 2000 lives and 6000 injuries which left many families heartbroken.
For the first time in New Zealand history, our troops discovered that poisonous gas was threatening them.
Reportedly 1,120,000 was the total death toll at the battle of Somme and 12 countries were involved in the battle.

7. This is what Somme looked like after the battle.
Fighters at Somme
A SOLDIER
This is what Somme looked like after the battle.
SOLDIERS SQUEEZE THROUGH THE ROCKS

8. Flanders Fields
The most famous Flanders fields poem is by the doctor John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

9. More facts about Flanders fields
Airplanes and tanks were first used in the warfare on the western front….. The western front was a fighting zone or area in France or Flanders. It was on the western front where British, French, Belgium faced Germany.
A few kiwis worked as pilots for the British air force. Poppies are an important part of ANZAC day because poppies grew through all the mud in Flanders fields after the fighting had stopped.

10. THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE

11. THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE
WAS NZ’S DARKEST DAY. IN THE FIRST 270 MINUTES OF THE BATTLE 846 MEN WERE KILLED AND 2000 WERE MORTALLY WOUNDED. IT WAS FOUGHT AGAINST THE GERMAN EMPIRE.

12. THE BATTLE OF
FRANCE 1918
THERE WERE MANY BATTLES FOUGHT IN FRANCE, MOST WERE IN ONE OF THE BATTLES NEW ZEALAND FOUGHT WAS THE BATTLE OF LE QUESONY. WHEN NEW ZEALAND WON THE BATTLE THEY LIBERATED (FREED) THE TOWN LE QUESONY. IT WAS REMEBERED BY THE TOWN NAMING STREETS AND SCHOOLS AFTER THE NZ SOLDIERS.

13. Egypt and Palestine
The war also raged in Egypt and Palestine. These battles in the Middle East were not well known. The horses and camels were very useful in the war, especially in this harsh and challenging desert conditions.
New Zealand sent 10,000 horses overseas but only four came home.

14. THE RETURN HOME

15. Most of the troops that were able to all walked in a parade in there home town or city.
Quite a few troops and nurses were suffering from gas and shell shock (that is another way to describe psychological trauma). They had this at war and when the arrived home.
Many troops never talked about there experiences even to family because of how sad they were about WW1.
Soldiers who were left in Gallipoli are now remembered at the commonwealth war grave cemeteries.

16. The troops arrived home 1919
There is one soldier that is in a Tomb of the Unknown (in Wellington) that represents all people that did not return.
As years go by people start to forget about the men and women who where at war so now we have Fields of Remembrance.
There were 16 million deaths and 20 million wounded in World War 1
About 103,000 people from NZ went to WW1. 18,000 never came home. Another 200 later died from there wounds.

17. Fields Of Remembrance

18. A field of white crosses is an effective way to show the huge sacrifice that a small nation made. A field of 5,000 white crosses in Auckland's north shore inspired the Field of Remembrance trust. The aim is for communities from across New Zealand to create Fields of Remembrance, to honour those in their community who served and died in World War 1. Many people died far from home with no names on their grave.

19. They were very young, some with no direct family and many are forgotten. Fields of Remembrance is a way to remember them and acknowledge their service and sacrifice. White crosses are personalised by naming the individual they represent.