Telegram

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Title

Telegram

Content partner

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This is an example of the telegrams which were sent by New Zealand military authorities to the families of soldiers who were killed, wounded or became ill during the First World War. A total of 16,697 New Zealanders were killed, with 41,317 wounded. Another 507 died while training in New Zealand. New Zealand suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any nation involved in the war, and families dreaded the arrival of telegrams with bad news.

Format

Image

Date created

10 October 1918

Creator

First New Zealand Expeditionary Force

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1228589

Related subjects

War casualties / paper / Visual and Verbal Communication / telegrams / World War, 1914-1918 / Military service / London / France / England

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