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World War One was a major global conflict fought between July 28, 1914, and November 11, 1918. It involved 28 countries and although it was fought mainly in Europe fighting also took place in Africa and the Middle East. The war was known at the time ...

Ink drawing of No. 3 NZ Field Ambulance Dressing Station at Spree Farm, Passchendaele.

White crosses on the banks of the Avon River mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele on 12th October, 1917 Photograph taken 15 October 2017

White crosses on the banks of the Avon River mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele on 12th October, 1917 Photograph taken 15 October 2017 

White crosses on the banks of the Avon River mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele on 12th October, 1917 Photograph taken 15 October 2017

Cenotaph record for Arthur Benfell, World War I, 1914-1918. Campaigns: Western Front, Battle of Passchendaele. Vessel: Nestor. Embarkation Unit: AIF, 13th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement. Place of death: Passchendaele/Ypres/Belgium/Europe. Military Dec...

Cenotaph record for Charles Rainton Jelley, World War I, 1914-1918. Campaigns: Battle of Passchendaele. Vessel: Willochra or Tofua. Transport: HMNZT 54 | HMNZT 55. Embarkation Unit: 4th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company. Place of death: Passch...

Cenotaph record for Frederick John Cochran, World War I, 1914-1918. Campaigns: Battle of Passchendaele. Vessel: Persic. Transport: HMAT A34 - 28-May-1915. Embarkation Unit: AIF, 13th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron. Place of death: Passchendaele/Ypr...

Cenotaph record for Thomas William Stockham, World War I, 1914-1918. Campaigns: Battle of Passchendaele. Vessel: Port Lyttelton. Transport: HMNZT 71. Embarkation Unit: 20th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company. Place of death: Pas...

Relieved at Passchendaele—Second Army Rest Area. Two days after the Passchendaele fight we were relieved by the 4th Brigade and moved back to bivouac camps about Wieltje, where the exhausted troops rested throughout the following day. On October 16...

We go back to Train for Passchendaele—Hondeghem —Caestre—Wizernes-Billets at Seller,—Lottinghem and Henneveux-A Trip to Ambleteuse— Brigade Training at Harlettes—Inspection by Sir Douglas Haig and Mr. Winston Churchill—The March up into...

Cenotaph record for Edwin Mitchelson Clark, World War I, 1914-1918. Campaigns: Battle of Passchendaele. Vessel: Willochra or Tofua. Transport: HMNZT 47 | HMNZT 48. Embarkation Unit: 10th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company. Place of...

Film showing New Zealand troops in Belgium in 1917.

Film showing New Zealand troops in Belgium in 1917.

The front of attack for the 12th was between the Ypres-Roulers Railway and Houthulst Forest, and the attack was to be made by troops of the Second and Fifth Armies, the latter being on the left. The objectives included Passchendaele Ridge and the vil...

Cenotaph record for William Holcroft Brocklebank, World War I, 1914-1918. Campaigns: Western Front, Battle of Passchendaele. Transport: RMS Osterley - 10-Feb-1917. Embarkation Unit: AIF, 2nd Battalion, 24th Reinforcement. Place of death: Passchendael...

Cenotaph record for Duncan Campbell, World War I, 1914-1918. Campaigns: Western Front, Battle of Passchendaele. Vessel: Ceramic. Transport: HMAT A40 - 13-Apr-1916. Embarkation Unit: AIF, 18th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement. Place of death: Passchendae...

The Battle of Messines, hailed as the turning point for the Allies in the World War I and which New Zealand had a major role in, took place 100 years ago today.

On 18th October 1917 Canadian troops relieved the New Zealanders fighting in the front lines at the Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium. The Third Battle of Ypres, or as it is more commonly known, the Battle of Passchendaele, has been described as “a ...