[View of Wellington Harbour with Japanese and New Zealand troopships in harbour]

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Title

[View of Wellington Harbour with Japanese and New Zealand troopships in harbour]

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

The Main Body of the NZEF This view of Wellington Harbour, from hill behind Durham Street, shows the Japanese and New Zealand troopships in the harbour and Matiu Somes Island in the distance. The New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) sailed from Wellington to Europe in October 1914 on vessels acquisitioned from the Union Steam Ship Company, the New Zealand Shipping Company and others. They were escorted by HMS Minotaur and the Japanese cruiser, Ibuki.

Format

Image

Date created

October 1914

Creator

John Haines

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/82240

Related subjects

Harbours / Warships / Houses / Residential streets / Hills / Wellington (New Zealand) / photographic gelatin / silver / photographic plates / sheet glass / gelatin dry plate negatives / black-and-white negatives / black-and-white photography / World War, 1914-1918 / War / Japanese / New Zealand European / Wellington

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