The steamer Turakina leaving New Zealand with the reinforcements which were safely landed before the vessel was on her voyage from London to New York

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The steamer Turakina leaving New Zealand with the reinforcements which were safely landed before the vessel was on her voyage from London to New York

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Showing a dense crowd of well-wishers seeing off a contingent of New Zealand troops on the ship Turakina (Official Number 114620) in Wellington. The troops disembarked safely but the ship was later sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic in August 1917.

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1917-08-30

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Auckland Weekly News

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https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/224893

Related subjects

World War, 1914-1918 / Wellington / Turakina (Ship) / Shipwrecks / Naval warfare / Submarine warfare / Troopships / Soldiers / New Zealand Army / Crowds

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