1942 New Zealand Battledress blouse & trousers with provenance
Article about: With ANZAC Day tomorrow, timely to post from my collection a matching New Zealand made (May 1942) and issued Battledress blouse and trousers. With the service number in both garments of Priv
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Really great to have a matching set and the history of the soldier. Very interesting history and additional photos Anderson? Do you think you will be able to find out more about him and what became of him after the war?
Thanks for showing.
Andy
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Happy ANZAC Day Peter.
Fantastic set.
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ANZAC Greetings to my Aussie mates! Here's a photo for you; "New Zealand and Australian soldiers meet up during the Battle for Crete in 1942"
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A pleasure to see these.
Great time to post them,and as I spent 30 odd years in Wellington before moving to Australia,a reminder of home.
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Andy, yes I think so, but some personal information from the Army may be limited to family members.
Notice in the black & white photos the New Zealanders didn't carry a British Mk2 1937 entrenching tool but a fairly large spade usually tucked behind the backpack.
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