New Zealanders in the First World War – Memorials

Books

Hutchinson, Garrie. Pilgrimage A Traveller's Guide to New Zealanders in Two World Wars, 2012
There are more than 30,000 New Zealand casualties of the two world wars, buried in cemeteries and named on memorials around the world. This book includes descriptions, maps and photographs of those overseas battlefields and memorials.

photograph of Akaroa war memorial
Akaroa, showing the war memorial [1948] CCL PhotoCD 8, IMG0029

McGibbon, I. New Zealand battlefields and memorials of the Western Front, 2001

McGibbon, I. Gallipoli A Guide to New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials, 2004
A guide to New Zealand battle sites, memorials, cemeteries and burial grounds on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Maclean, C. and Phillips, J. The Sorrow and the Pride New Zealand War Memorials,1990
Chs. 3-4: memorials of the Great War, with many illustrations. Includes sections on architects and sculptors of World War 1 memorials.

Phillips, J. To The Memory, New Zealand's War Memorials, 2016
This book has over 200 illustrations and covers memorials from the New Zealand Wars, South African War, First World War, Second World War, and includes imaginative creations of the 2000s.

Websites

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The memorials and cemeteries of Commonwealth war graves.

The War Graves Photographic Project
Aims to photograph and collect a pictorial records of Commonwealth war graves and memorials both overseas and in New Zealand.

Lest We Forget: war memorials of the First World War
Article about war memorials from New Zealand History online.

Register of New Zealand War memorials
From New Zealand History online. Google Map to memorial locations.

Register of Canterbury War memorials
From New Zealand History online. Google Map to memorial locations.

Canterbury Stories - Memorials and Plaques
A selection of stories about Christchurch memorials and/or plaques where the primary function is remembrance.

CanterburyStories – War Memorials
Find digitised images of war memorials.

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