Driven from the bush by the recent earthquake at Samoa: a Solomon Islander who fled from his German employers ten years ago and had been forgotten

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Driven from the bush by the recent earthquake at Samoa: a Solomon Islander who fled from his German employers ten years ago and had been forgotten

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Kura Heritage Collections Online

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Showing a man originally from the Solomon Islands standing with a sergeant in the New Zealand Army in Samoa. In August 1914 a contingent of New Zealand troops took over Samoa, which was at that time a German colonial possession. The earthquake referred to may be that of 10 July 1917 which was reported as a severe one and accompanied by a tidal wave that struck the Samoan Islands.

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Date created

1917-07-26

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Auckland Weekly News

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https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/216127

Related subjects

World War, 1914-1918 / Earthquakes / Military uniforms / Solomon Islanders / Soldiers / New Zealand Army / Samoa / Oceania

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