New Zealanders in the First World War – Memorials

photograph of Akaroa war memorial
Akaroa, showing the war memorial [1948] CCL PhotoCD 8, IMG0029
Hutchinson, Garrie. Pilgrimage: A traveller's guide to New Zealanders in two World Wars.
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.

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

McGibbon, I. Gallipoli: A guide to New Zealand battlefields and memorials
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
Chs. 3-4: memorials of the Great War, with many illustrations. Includes sections on architects and sculptors of World War 1 memorials.

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.

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