Sunday, August 3, 2014

W o r l d W a r 1 0 0 y e a r s


World War 1 Flight Tiger Moth NZ HD





World War 1 Flight Tiger Moth NZ HD
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1BFRPQ_sBw






Sunday, 03 August 2014

13:06:31


World War 100 years



1914

28 June – Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife in Sarajevo triggers the build-up to the First World War. By 4 August, Europe's major powers are at war.

4 August – Britain declares war on Germany
New Zealand receives the news of the outbreak of war at 1 p.m. on 5 August (NZ time). It is announced by the Governor, the Earl of Liverpool, on the steps of Parliament to a crowd of 15,000.

NZ troops arrive to annex Samoa in 1914

29 August – NZ forces capture German Samoa

A 1374-strong 'Advance Party NZEF' captures German Samoa, the second German territory, after Togoland in Africa, to fall to Allied forces during the war.

16 September – Maori Contingent formed

Government announces the formation of a 'Maori Contingent' of 200 men for service with the NZEF. This is expanded to 500 at the suggestion of the British War Office.

16 October – NZEF Main Body departs

The NZEF Main Body, consisting of 8454 soldiers and more than 3000 horses, departs Wellington in 10 troopships. They arrive in Egypt on 3 December and establish a camp at Zeitoun, near Cairo.

Gallipoli Star

29 October – The Ottoman Empire enters the war

The Ottoman Empire enters the war as an ally of the German and Austro-Hungarian empires. The British Empire (including New Zealand) and France declare war on the Ottoman Empire on 5 November.

8 December – ANZAC name introduced

The NZEF combines with Australian Imperial Force units to form the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. 'Anzac' is adopted as the label for Australian or New Zealand soldiers following the Gallipoli landings.




ANZAC Day Menin Gate 2014







ANZAC Day Menin Gate 2014
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The name ANZAC the shortening of the words
The Australian & New Zealand Army Corps
came to stand for  bravery loyalty  & co operation
between the Australian & NZ forces




Redgum - I Was Only 19 (1983)




Redgum - I Was Only 19 (1983)
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urtiyp-G6jY


All the parades and remembrance services of the Great War 1914-1918
will begin over the next few months as we remember World War 1 100 years.

At 11am on November the 11th the exact time when the war ended in 1918 Armistice Day everyone stopped wherever they were and two minutes silence was observed being a tribute to those killed in the war this became Remembrance Day.

Every town in New Zealand has a memorial recording the names of service men and women who died why they died and why we must remember them.


New Zealand in Wars

Some statistics

Boer War 1899-1902

Men who served overseas 6500
Killed in action 70
Killed accidently 25
Died of disease 133
Wounded 166

World War 1 1914-1918

Men who served overseas 100,444
Deaths 16,697
Wounded 41,317

World War 2 1939-1945

Population at the outbreak of war 1,632,000
Men of military age (18-45) 335,000
Men & women who served overseas 135,000
Casualties:
Deaths 11,717
Missing 46
Wounded 15,749
Prisoners 8,469

Deaths (merchant sailors) 226


Kiwis in Korea (1951)




Kiwis in Korea (1951)
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Korea 1950 -1954

Deaths 39
Wounded 81
Prisoner 1

Malaya 1955-1960

Deaths 15
Wounded 23

Vietnam 1965-1971

Deaths 35
Wounded 187


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