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THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1918)From Tauranga to the TrenchesTeacher Resource Pack

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We have put together an informative resource pack on World War One so you, your class and your whanau can become involved in the 100th commemoration of World War One (1914-1918).

We have some great activities for your class, as well as competitions for students in Years 5-13 which will have prizes awarded in term two.

This resouce pack has a focus on the Tauranga area. Included is a Roll of Honour that lists all the Tauranga men killed in the conflict and a fact list about our soldiers. There is information about local exhibitions and events as well as links to further useful material and how to research a soldier.

We intend to send updates and activities on other major First World War events as we move forward through the commemorations.

For more information visit the Tauranga City Libraries Remembering War Kete (http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/remembering_war) or keep up to date with our WW100 Tauranga Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/WW100Tauranga).

Additional resource packs will be available from Research Collections/Nga Wahi Rangahau at Tauranga City Library.

Kind regards,

WW100 Tauranga CommitteeTauranga City LibrariesTauranga Heritage CollectionTauranga City Council

WWI Schools CompetitionTauranga and Districts WW100 Essay Competition, Senior Secondary School Students

The Legacy of Gallipoli

25 April 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the ANZACs landing on the beaches of a small bay now known as Anzac Cove. This action, eight months into the First World War, has been credited with contributing to the emergence of New Zealand’s national identity.

Essay Question

Using Gallipoli as a case study, explore the impact of World War One on New Zealand and whether it has shaped our national identity.

Eligibility:This essay competition is open to Yr 11, 12 and 13 secondary school students in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty. Schools are invited to select their best essays for the competition. Students may also submit their entries directly.

Minimum essay length: Yr 11 – 800 wordsYr 12 – 1000 wordsYr 13 – 1200 wordsEssays should not exceed 1500 words.

Closing Date: 5pm, 8 May 2015 (postal entries must be received by the 8th)

Entries to: [email protected] Postal entries to:Debbie McCauley, c/- Tauranga City Library, Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143

Winning Entries:All winners will be announced by 22 May 2015.

Prizes: 1st Place - $650 2nd Place - $3003rd Place - $150

Further Explanation

Students should focus on the Gallipoli Campaign and the impact it had on New Zealand. Students are encouraged to present their point of view on whether the Gallipoli campaign shaped our national identity. This view must be supported by evidence.

We recommend the following sources as a starting point for research:

Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story by Christopher PugsleyBloody Gallipoli: The New Zealanders’ story by Richard Stowerswww.nzhistory.net.nz/war/the-gallipoli-campaign/introduction

Judging Criteria

The winning entry will:

Refer to a range of aspects of the event (Gallipoli Campaign) Include relevant and historically accurate informationProvide comprehensive evidence from a number of sources with little or no irrelevant evidence includedUse sources as a way of strengthening its argumentInclude ideas that flow clearly and coherently with appropriate use of paragraphs to make pointsBe clear, accurate and focused on the question, within the word limitAcknowledge all source material with appropriate balanced use of paraphrasing, summarizing and quoting. The essay should include either footnotes or endnotes and a bibliography.

Learning Opportunities and Links to the Curriculum

To promote the WW100 commemorations and in particular the 100th anniversary of New Zealand’s involvement in the Gallipoli campaignTo encourage a knowledge and understanding in secondary school students of this historic eventTo promote the use of essay writing as an important skill To provide students with an opportunity to showcase their learning and understanding of this historic eventTo provide an opportunity for students to debate how this historic event affected the lives of New ZealandersTo provide an opportunity to describe, examine and/or analyse the causes and consequences of this significant historic eventTo provide an opportunity for students to describe, examine and/or analyse how a significant historic event affected New Zealand societyTo provide an opportunity for students to describe, examine and/or analyse an historical event or place of significance to New ZealandTo provide an opportunity for students to investigate, enquire into and/or analyse evidence relating to an historical event or place of significance to New Zealanders.

“Historians investigate the reasons for, and the results of, events in history; they debate the causes of past events and how these events affect people’s lives and communities. (New Zealand Curriculum Document)”

WWI Schools CompetitionTauranga and Districts WW100 Diary Competition, Intermediate & Junior Secondary School Students


25 April 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC’s landing on the beaches of a small bay now known as Anzac Cove. This action, eight months into the First World War, has been credited with contributing to the emergence of New Zealand’s national identity.

A Gallipoli Diary

Record one week (seven days) of diary entries as either a New Zealand soldier or nurse involved in the Gallipoli campaign. Your entries may be presented in written diary form or in the form of multi-media.

Eligibility:This diary competition is open to Yr 7, 8, 9 & 10 school students in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty. Schools are invited to select their best diary entries for the competition. Students may also submit their diary directly.The diary may be in traditional diary or multi-media form.

Maximum diary entry length per day: 100 words





Further Explanation

A diary is private so your writing will be quite different to what you might write if you were sending a letter home to your family.As well as factual information your diary entries should express your emotions about what you are experiencing.You might like to record your entries from the perspective of either a soldier or nurse from Tauranga or an ancestor who was a soldier or nurse during WW1. You could consider daily entries based on experiences in the days before, during and after taking part in a particular battle, for example the Battle of Chunuk Bair or Lone Pine.Your entries may describe what you did during the day, what you ate, what you saw, heard and could smell. Where you slept and how you handled the physical conditions. Remember to be open and honest about your feelings and thoughts. Use the five senses to describe your experiences.Your experience may be recorded in written form. It is also acceptable to digitally record/create your diary for the seven days. Judging Criteria


Use creativity and imaginationBe descriptive and feel ‘real’Incorporate factual information which is historically accurateHave impactUse appropriate language for the time and settingHave evidence of an understanding of the historical context surrounding Gallipoli.


To promote the WW100 commemorations and in particular the 100th anniversary of New Zealand’s involvement in the Gallipoli campaignTo encourage a knowledge and understanding in intermediate and secondary school students of this historic eventTo promote the use of creative writing as an important skill To provide students with an opportunity to showcase their learning and understanding of this historic eventTo provide students with an opportunity to write creatively while considering personal perspectiveUnderstand how people make significant contributions to New Zealand Society (L.2)Understand how time and change effect people’s lives (L.2)Understand how people view and use places differently (L.3)Understand how people remember and record the past in different ways (L.3)Understand how people participate individually and collectively in response to community challenges (L.4)Understand how people pass on and sustain culture and heritage (L.4)Understand how the ideas and actions of people in the past have had a significant impact on people’s lives (L.5).

WWI Schools CompetitionTauranga and Districts WW100 Postcard Competition, Primary School Students


25 April 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC’s landing on the beaches of a small bay now known as Anzac Cove. This action, eight months into the First World War, has been credited with contributing to the emergence of New Zealand’s national identity.

A Postcard From Gallipoli

You are to create an A4 size ‘postcard’ sent home from Gallipoli by a New Zealand soldier or nurse. On the front will be an image, created by you, appropriate to the time and place. On the back you are to write a message to a loved one in New Zealand.

Eligibility:This postcard competition is open to Yr 5 & 6 primary school students in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty. Schools are invited to select their best postcard entries for the competition. Students may also submit their postcard directly.The postcard must be A4 in size and the image on the front of the postcard must be the student’s own work and not a photocopy of an actual postcard of the time.





Further Explanation

Postcards are short letters. You are sending it to a person who will have no idea of what it is like to be a soldier or nurse at Gallipoli. It is likely that person is a friend or family member.You may like to give them a brief account of how you are and what you are doing.You could write your postcard as if you are either a soldier or nurse from Tauranga or perhaps you have an ancestor that was a soldier or nurse during WWI?Remember to use appropriate language that fits with the time and who you are.

The front of the postcard must be your own creation. How you create it is up to you but here are some suggestions: Pencil sketch, painting, collage, sewing, embroidery (like a traditional silk postcard from the time), a photograph that you have staged.The front of the postcard could show a scene from Gallipoli. For example: a landscape, a military hospital, a hospital ship, trench life scene, you or your friends, a troopship. You will need to research this before you decide.

Judging Criteria


Have visual impact and the ‘wow’ factor Show creativity and be original. It will also be well executedHave artwork that relates well to the subjectHave a message that demonstrates knowledge of what life was like for soldiers and nurses at GallipoliShow awareness of the person for whom the postcard was intended Use language appropriate to the time.


To promote the WW100 commemorations and in particular the 100th anniversary of New Zealand’s involvement in the Gallipoli campaignTo encourage a knowledge and understanding in intermediate and secondary school students of this historic eventTo promote the use of creative writing as an important skill To provide students with an opportunity to showcase their learning and understanding of this historic eventTo provide students with an opportunity to write creatively while considering personal perspectiveWill help students understand how the past is important to people (L.1)Understand how people make significant contributions to New Zealand’s society (L.2)Understand how time and change affect people’s lives (L.2)Understand how people remember and record the past in different ways (L.3)Acquire and begin to use sources of information, processes, and strategies to identify, form, and express ideas (L.1)Use language features appropriately, showing some understanding of their effects (L.2)Integrate sources of information, processes, and strategies with developing confidence to identify, form, and express ideas (L.3)Share the ideas, feelings, and stories communicated by their own and others’ objects and images (L.2)Investigate the purpose of objects and images from past and present cultures and identify the contexts in which they were or are made, viewed, and valued (L.3).

Terms and Conditions

Essay Competition

All entries must include an entry form. One entry per person.Schools may be asked for verification that the student is enrolled as a Yr 11, 12 or 13 student.Submitted work must be the entrant’s own original creation.The decision of the judges is final.While all care will be taken no responsibility will be accepted by the organisers for lost or damaged work. Entries will not be returned.All entries must be received by 5pm on 8 May 2015.All essays must be written in English or Te Reo.By entering the competition permission has been given to publish the essay. Winning entries may be published in a newspaper and be posted on the Tauranga Libraries Tauranga Memories website.Only essays meeting the minimum word count will be judged. Participation in the competition is deemed acceptance of the competition rules.

Diary Competition

All entries must include an entry form. One entry per person.Schools may be asked for verification that the student is enrolled as a Yr 7, 8, 9, or 10 student.Submitted work must be the entrant’s own original creation.The decision of the judges is final.While all care will be taken no responsibility will be accepted by the organisers for lost or damaged work. Entries will not be returned.All entries must be received by 5pm on 8 May 2015.All diaries must be written or recorded in English or Te Reo.By entering the competition permission has been given to publish the diary. Wining entries may be published in a newspaper and be posted on the Tauranga Libraries Tauranga Memories website.Participation in the competition is deemed acceptance of the competition rules.

Postcard Competition

All entries must include an entry form. One entry per person.Schools may be asked for verification that the student is enrolled as a Yr 5 or 6 student.Submitted work must be the entrant’s own original creation.The decision of the judges is final.While all care will be taken no responsibility will be accepted by the organisers for lost or damaged work. Entries will not be returned.All entries must be received by 5pm on 8 May 2015.All postcards must be written in English or Te Reo.By entering the competition permission has been given to publish the postcard. Winning entries may be published in a newspaper and be posted on the Tauranga Libraries Tauranga Memories website.Participation in the competition is deemed acceptance of the competition rules.

We are looking forward to receiving your entries.For further information email: [email protected] or ph. 07 5777005

WWI Schools CompetitionThe Legacy of Gallipoli 1915-2015

Entry FormAn entry form must accompany each entry.

Name ________________________________________________________________________________

School ________________________________________________________________________________

Teacher ______________________________________________________________________________

Address ______________________________________________________________________________

Competition Entered

Essay Competition (senior secondary Yr. 11-13)

Diary Competition (intermediate & junior secondary Yr. 7-10)

Postcard Competition (primary Yr. 5-6)

Contact Details

Phone _____________________________ Email ___________________________________________

Entries must be submitted by 8 May [email protected] Postal entries to:Debbie McCauley, c/- Tauranga City Library, Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143

Terms and ConditionsAll entries must include an entry form. Schools may be asked for verification that the student is enrolled in the stated year level.Submitted work must be the entrant’s own original creation. One entry per person.The decision of the judges is final. While all care will be taken no responsibility will be accepted by the organisers for lost or damaged work.Entries will not be returned.All entries must be received by 5pm on 8 May 2015.All entries must be written in English or Te Reo.By entering the competition permission has been given to publish the entry. Winning entries may be published for promotional purposes and be posted on the Tauranga Libraries Tauranga Memories website. Participation in the competition is deemed acceptance of the competition rules.Only essays meeting the minimum word count will be judged.

Classroom Activities

Flow Diagram: Gallipoli in Brief

Timeline: Key Events of the Gallipoli Campaign

Story Board: Experiences of a Tauranga Soldier or Nurse

Mapping: The Gallipoli Peninsula

Scavenger Hunt: From Tauranga to the Trenches

Silent Discussion: The Impact of WWI

Role Play: Enlistment

Poetry: Life In the Trenches

Letter Writing and Venn Diagram: Life at Home

Pie Graph: Gallipoli Casualties

Percentage Bar Graph: Tauranga’s Gallipoli Casualties

Word Find: Anzac Day

Word Find: Anzac Day

Colouring: Henderson and his donkey

Create a wreath for Anzac Day 2015

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Timeline of Key Events of the Gallipoli Campaign

Task One:

Using the information provided, create a timeline selecting the 10 key events which you think are the most important to the Gallipoli campaign.

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Tasks:1. On the map provided locate these places of significance to the Gallipoli Campaign.

Anzac Cove Hill 60 Chunuk Bair Suvla Bay

Gaba Tepe Hell Spit The Nek Baby 700

Shrapnel Gully Hill 971

2. Write a brief sentence explaining why each of these places was of significance to the

Campaign.

3. On the insert map label the area now known as Turkey.

Scavenger Hunt:: From Tauranga To The Trenches Task:

Using From Tauranga To The Trenches by Fiona Kean complete the sentences below.

1. When Britain declared war on Germany on ________________, Tauranga was filled with patriot-

ic spirit. (p.1)

2. In what month did the first men leave Tauranga to join the war effort? ________________ (p.2)

3. The men from Tauranga became part of the New Zealand _____________________

Force (NZEF). (p.2)

4. Tauranga’s men were farewelled by the whole community outside the ____________ Hotel in

Devonport Rd. (p.2)

5. The Bay of Plenty Times wrote of how the large number of men enlisting from Tauranga gave

the community a sense of _______________. (p.2)

6. Troopships transported more than ____________________ men during the course of the war. (p.6)

7. Some of Tauranga’s men became soldiers in the 6th _______________________ Company. (p.8)

8. After departing from Wellington the soldiers were taken by ship to ____________ for further

training. (p.8)

9. As part of the _____________________ Battalion some of Tauranga’s men were among the first

to land at ______________________. (p.8)

10. According to The Bay of Plenty Times, the first man to lose his life at Gallipoli was Lieuten-

ant Frederick _____________________. (p.9)

11. In September 1914, the Maori Contingent was formed. George Gardiner and Ned Clark from

____________________ Island were among the first to enlist. (p.10)

12. In 1915, Tauranga was at the forefront of _________________ generation in New Zealand. (p. 12)

13. Many of the soldiers from Tauranga who survived the Gallipoli Campaign went on to serve on

the ______________ Front in Europe, where more than 12,000 New Zealanders lost their lives. (p.16)

14. Like many of Tauranga’s men, Reginald Watkins spent several months training at

____________________ before leaving Wellington for Egypt. (p.20)

15. Clive Collett, described as an ‘old Tauranga boy’, joined the Royal _____________ Corps. (p.22)

16. Although letters and postcards were an important form of communication, ________________

placed restrictions on what could be shared in letters home and many soldiers did not like the

fact that Officers could read their personal correspondence. (p.30)

17. In July 1916 Tauranga children were encouraged to participate in the __________________

___________________ Campaign to help raise money for Belgian refugees. (p.38)

18. In August 1915 Tauranga held a ______________ _______________ to raise money for the

Wounded Soldiers Fund. (p.39)

19. During the war women in Tauranga did much of the __________________ work to raise funds

for the war effort. (p. 40)

20. In November 1916 the Tauranga branch of the _______________ ________________

League was formed to help supply clothes and comforts for the sick and wounded soldiers as

well as troops in the trenches. (p.40)

21. The war years were a difficult period for the Tauranga Borough Council with _______________

shortages, rising __________ and a heavy __________ __________ straining the relationship both

within the council chamber and with ____________________. (p.44)

22. The topics of ___________________ and __________________ were the features of several editorial

in The Bay of Plenty Times by 1916. (p.49)

23. Charles Southey, once a pupil at Greerton Primary School, went on to serve in the

New Zealand _________________ Corps in 1916. (p.52)

24. The first of the wounded from Gallipoli, including Private Leslie Shannon from Tauranga,

returned to New Zealand in _____________ of 1915. (p.54)

25. ________________ claimed the lives of several Tauranga men. Many were stigmatized for having the infectious disease, were isolated from the community and placed in sanatoriums outside the district. (p.55)

26. An ___________________ took effect on 11 November 1918 at 11am, effectively bring an end to the war. (p.56)

27. In September 1918, Hugh Hardy (from a well known local family) was one of the first to lose

his life to the _____________ ______________which was brought back from Europe to New Zealand

by the returning soldiers. (p.58)

28. The ____________________ __________________ on 19 July 1919 was described as the

“gayest day” in the town’s history. (p.60)

29. For some soldiers, returning to their previous lives was difficult. Physical and mental

injuries often lead to estrangement from friends and family, and in some cases made finding

employment difficult. Government policy was to try and ______________ the men back into

______________ life. (p.66)

30. Tauranga’s fallen soldiers are remembered at the _____________ Gates at Tauranga

________________which were opened in _______________ 1921. (p.71)

Silent Discussion

The Impact of WWI

Summary:

This lesson is an interactive way for students to realise the impact WWI had upon soldiers and families. It uses quotes from Tauranga soldiers.

Essential Question:

How did WWI have an impact on soldiers and their families?

Materials:

Pencil or pen for studentsLarge sheets of paper (AO in size)Silent Discussion quotes

Background for Teachers:

WWI left many families torn apart. Fathers, brothers, uncles, cousins and friends left and never returned. Soldiers suffered great loss and many would return with problems that would last their entire lives.

Student prior knowledge:

Discuss with students how war can affect soldiers and families.

Intended learning outcomes:

Students will analyse the impact WWI had upon soldiers and families, making connections to their own lives.

Instructions

1. Print a copy of each quote on a separate piece of A3 paper and tape the quote to the larger pieces of paper. You could also write the quotes by hand on the large pieces of paper.2. Hang quotes up around the room, or put them on desks or tables where students have a flat surface to write. (For maximum impact do this before the students arrive.)3. Tell students they are going to have a silent discussion so they must listen carefully to all the instructions.4. Point out there are several quotes around the room by Tauranga people who lived during WWI. Students must read each quote, at their own speed, and write a comment on the attached large sheet of paper. Their comments must be appropriate and signed with the student’s initials. Students may comment on how they feel about the quote or make a specific connection to the writer or event. They may read other student’s quotes as the walk around the room. TALKING SHOULD NOT OCCUR.5. Have students return to their seats when finished and give them something to do, such as read a book or work on another assignment. Students could also write in their workbooks feelings about what they have read.6. When all students are finished, ask them to stand by the quote they connected with the most. Ask students to share why this particular quote made the greatest impact on them. 7. Have the students return to their seats and write a paragraph summary about how the war affected soldiers and families, from what they have read and discussed. This can be used as the assessment to see if students have understood the effects of war.

Role Play: Enlistment

Task:

In pairs take turns at completing as much of the ‘Enlistment Form’ as you can. One of you is to take on the role of the soldier and the other an enlisting (attesting) officer. Swap roles and repeat the task.

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1. What is your name? 1.

2. Where were you born? 2.

3. Are you a British subject? 3.

4. What is the date of your birth? 4.

5. What is your trade or calling? 5.

6. Are you an indentured apprentice? If so where and 6. to whom?

7. What was the address at which you last resided? 7.

8. Have you passed the Fourth Educational standards or 8. its equivalent?

9. What is the name and address of your present or last 9. Employer?

10. Are you married? 10.

11. Have you ever been sentenced to imprisonment? If so, 11. when and where?

12. Do you now belong to any military or naval force? 12. If so, to what corps?

13. Have you ever been rejected as unfit for the military or 13. Naval forces of the Crown? If so on what grounds?

14. Are you willing to be vaccinated? 14.

15. Are you willing to serve in the Expeditionary Force in 15. or beyond the Dominion of New Zealand under the following conditions, provided your services should so long be required.

I, , do solemnly declare that the above answers made by me to the above questions are true, and that I am willing to fulfil the engagement made. Signature of Recruit: Signature of Witness:

Oath to be taken by Recruit on attestation. I, , do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to our Sovereign Lord and King, his Heirs and Successors and that I will faithfully serve in the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces according to my liability under the Defence Act and that I will observe and obey all orders of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors and of the Generals and Officers set over me until I shall be lawfully discharged so help me God.

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Poetry: Life In the Trenches

Captain Bruce Bairnsfather was an English officer who sketched these images in the quiet moments at the front.

Task:Write captions to go with these sketches to help explain what trench life was like for the soldiers.Brainstorm all the words which come to mind looking at the images of the trenches and write a poem using some of these words.

Pie GraphGallipoli Casualties

By the end of the Gallipoli campaign approximately 130,000 men had died: more than 86,000 Ottoman Turks and 44,000 Allied soldiers.

Task:

Using the statistics provided, create a pie graph showing the number of deaths at Gallipoli during the Gallipoli Campaign.

Percentage Bar GraphGallipoli Casualties

Sixty-six Tauranga men are known to have fought at Gallipoli. Seventeen died as a result of their service during the campaign.

Task:

Using the statistics provided, create a percentage bar graph showing the causes of death

of the Tauranga soldiers who died as a result of the Gallipoli Campaign.

Letter Writing and Venn Diagram

Life at Home

At the outbreak of WWI New Zealand was gripped by patriotism. Men rushed to recruiting halls to join the army and help defend the British empire. Parents, wives and girlfriends watched proudly and anxiously as their sons, husbands and friends enlisted. Women were encouraged to join patriotic societies to raise money for the war effort.

Tasks:Using the resources provided, or the book From Tauranga to the Trenches, create a brainstorm of ideas/star diagram of what life was like for the families back home in Tauranga, during the Gallipoli Campaign.

Using these ideas, imagine you are a younger brother or sister of a Tauranga soldier who is away fighting. Write a letter to your brother telling him of how everyone is doing back home and what has been happening since he left.

Create a venn diagram showing the similarities and differences between life back in Tauranga and life in Gallipoli as a soldier.

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HENDERSON AND HIS DONKEYOn 10 August 1914, Waihi born school teacher Richard Henderson enlisted with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF). He became a stretcher-bearer in the New Zealand Medical Corps.

Colour in Henderson and his brave donkey! Illustrated by Debbie McCauley

At Gallipoli he used a donkey to move wounded men from Shrapnel Gully down to the beach at Anzac Cove. This was easier than trying to carry them on a stretcher around the stony hills and rocky ground of Gallipoli.

Create a Wreath for Anzac Day 2015Schools, classes and students are invited to create a wreath for Anzac Day 2015 and to bring it along to the combined Anzac Day Civic Ceremony to be held at the Tauranga Domain on 25 April. There will be a special area where students and teachers can place their wreath in remembrance of all those who have lost their lives and suffered as a result of war.

Poppies have been linked to Anzac Day since the 1920s. Throughout New Zealand, people of all ages wear a red poppy as a mark of remembrance for the men and women who have died in the course of service for their country. Poppies made of light cloth or paper are also woven together to form wreathes which are laid at war memorials up and down the country.

Poppies are a vivid reminder of the sacrifice - the blood lost - in war. The connection between red poppies and those who have lost their lives in war has its origins in wars of the early nineteenth century.

It was in the same region - the Western Front - a century later that red poppies were once more associated with those who died in war. Canadian medical officer John McCrae penned the famous and moving lines: “In Flanders fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row.”

After the First World War, the red poppy gradually became recognised as a symbol of remembrance. The shape of the poppy has undergone several changes over the years, and today’s design was adopted in 1978.

Templates for making poppies and wreaths are available online (www.tinyme.com/blog/anzac-day-printables/). Students may like to create their own design or follow the very simple instructions we have provided on making a poppy. We ask that a tag is tied on the wreath which has the student’s or school’s details and a brief message if you wish.

Resources classroom activities

Tauranga Roll of Honour

Fast Facts: WW1 and Tauranga


The Story of Gallipoli in Brief (Yr 9-13)

The Story of Gallipoli in Brief (Yr 5-8)

ANZAC Positions

The Story of a Tauranga Soldier - William Berridge

The Story of a Tauranga Nurse - Catherine Blackie

Life at Home, Tauranga During the War

Tauranga Quotes (silent discussion)

How to Find a New Zealand WWI Soldier or Nurse

Tauranga Librarians’ Book Selection

Tauranga Roll of Honour B-K

Tauranga Roll of Honour K-S

Tauranga Roll of Honour S-W

A large crowd gathered outside the newly constructed Tauranga Domain War Memorial Gates for the opening ceremony, December 1921.

Fast Facts: WW1 and Tauranga

410 Tauranga men are known to have fought in the First World War.110 were killed in action or died as a result of their service prior to September 1921 62 Tauranga men were killed in action.18 died of their wounds.29 died of illness or disease contracted while on active service.1 was killed in a flying accident.At 45 Thomas Clemson was the oldest Tauranga man killed during the war. Thomas owned a farm at Gate Pa.At 19 John James Salt was the youngest Tauranga man killed during the war. John was a labourer for the New Zealand Railway. Frederick Dodson was the first Tauranga man to die. He was killed during the landings at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915.Charles Lilley and William Poad were the last two Tauranga men to die. They were both killed in action 1 October 1918. At 54 John Brown was the oldest Tauranga man to enlist. He was discharged in 1918 due to his age.Sapper Michael Tobin is believed to be the first New Zealand soldier to die on the Western Front, 15 April 1916. Prior to enlistment he worked for the Tauranga Public Works Department.George Rewa was the first New Zealander to die on the battlefield of the Somme. George was born on Motiti Island.Tauranga-raised Clive Collett became New Zealand’s first fighter ‘ace’ with 11 victories. He crashed while testing a German Albatross Fighter and was killed on 23 December 1917.Tauranga nurses Jeannie Sinclair and Catherine Blackie survived the sinking of the Marquette by a German submarine, 23 October 1915. Ten New Zealand nurses were killed.John D. Holmes, who enlisted from Tauranga, received a Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) for the construction of the Havrincourt Bridge over the Canal du Nord, a major engineering feat. Matakana Island-born George Gardiner received the Cross of Karageorge, a Serbian decoration for bravery during WW1. He went on to serve with the A.I.F. during WW2 and died of wounds in Libya in 1941.Albert Adams, son of Tauranga Mayor John Adams, invented a mounting device for the Stokes Mortar.17 Tauranga born men served with the Australian Imperial Force. 6 died as a result of their service. The first Tauranga enlistments left for Trentham on 12 August 1914, eight days after the declaration of war. Several Tauranga men were court-martialled for misconduct. Offences included drunkenness, desertion and striking a superior officer.3 Tauranga men were taken Prisoner of War by the Germans. 2 were repatriated and one died of disease while a prisoner. 7 Tauranga men brought home British War Brides.


1914

4 August Britain declares war on Germany

16 October New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) Main Body departs Wellington

29 October Ottoman Empire enters the war as an ally of Germany

3 December NZEF arrives at Alexandria, Egypt

8 December NZEF combines with Australian Imperial Force (AIF) to form the Australian and

New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)

1915

3 February Ottoman forces attack Suez Canal

18 March Naval attack on the Dardanelles; battleships Queen, Irresistible and Bouvet sunk

15 April New Zealand troops join the MEF (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) at Lemnos

to prepare for the invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula

25 April Gallipoli landings; the ANZAC lands near Ari Burnu in bay now known as Anzac Cove

27 April Battle for Walker’s Ridge involving Wellington and Canterbury battalions

28 April First Battle of Krithia at Helles

2-3 May Otago Battalion’s attack on Baby 700 fails

5-6 May NZ Infantry Brigade sent to Helles

6 May 3rd NZ Reinforcements arrive at Anzac Cove; sent to Helles

8 May NZ Infantry Brigade takes part in Second Battle of Krithia; attacks defeated

12 May NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade arrives at Anzac Cove from Egypt; they fight as infantry

for the remainder of the campaign

19 May Ottoman attack at Anzac Cove defeated; NZ Infantry Brigade returns from Helles

20 May Otago Mounted Rifles arrives at Anzac Cove

24 May Truce at Anzac Cove to bury dead

7 June 4th NZ Reinforcements arrive at Anzac Cove

29-30 June Ottoman attack on Anzac Cove perimeter fails

6-7 August British attack at Cape Helles; Australians attack at Lone Pine, Quinn’s Post and

Russell’s Top at The Nek; Old No. 3 Post retaken and Table Top and Bauchop’s Hill

taken by NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade

7 August British land at Suvla Bay; Rhododendron Ridge taken by New Zealanders; Auckland

Battalion attack on Chunuk Bair fails

8 August Wellington Battalion captures Chunuk Bair; reinforced by Auckland Mounted Rifles

and two British battalions during the day. British troops take over Chunuk Bair

10 August British troops driven from Chunuk Bair by Ottoman counter-attack

11 August Stalemate at Suvla

21 August Canterbury and Otago Mounted Rifles take part in attack on Hill 60

26 August NZ hospital ship Maheno arrives off Anzac

27-29 August Renewed fighting for control of Hill 60

14 September NZ brigades evacuated to rest camp at Sarpi on Lemnos

16 October Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Hamilton relieved of command of the MEF

30 October Hamilton’s replacement, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Munro, arrives at Gallipoli

8-9 November NZ brigades return to Anzac Cove

28 November Big snowstorm hits Anzac Cove

8 December Munro orders Lieutenant-General William Birdwood to evacuate Anzac Cove and Suvla

10-11 December Sick, wounded and surplus troops and valuable stores removed

15 December Detailed orders issued for evacuation

20 December Evacuation of Anzac Cove and Suvla completed by daylight; troops disembarked at

Lemnos

21-31 December Troops transferred to Egypt from Lemnos

The Story of Gallipoli in Brief (Yr. 9-13) In late October 1914, the Ottoman Empire entered the war on the side of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria. Ottoman forces were a threat to the Suez Canal – an important British shipping lane between Europe and Asia. British leaders decided to send the Australian and New Zealand expeditionary forces to Egypt to guard the canal. In February 1915, New Zealand soldiers helped fight off an Ottoman attack on the Suez Canal.

When the British and French forces, using their battleships, failed to defeat Turkish troops they decided to invade the Gallipoli Peninsula. The plan was to knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war. The Allies sent the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF) to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula. New Zealanders and Australians made up nearly half of the MEF’s 75,000 troops; the rest were from Great Britain and Ireland, France, India and Newfoundland.

Led by Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Hamilton, the MEF launched its invasion of the Dardanelles on 25 April 1915. While British (and later French) troops made the main landing at Cape Helles on the southern tip of the peninsula, Lieutenant-General Sir William Birdwood’s Australian and New Zealand Army Corps – soon to become known as ANZAC – made an attack 20 km to the north at Gaba Tepe (Kabatepe). By mistake the Anzacs landed about 2km away from where they were supposed to. Instead of a flat stretch of coastline, they came ashore at Anzac Cove, a narrow beach overlooked by steep hills.

The landings never came close to achieving their goals. Although the Allies managed to gain a little ground, the fighting quickly became trench warfare, with the ANZACs just holding back Ottoman attacks. The troops endured heat, flies, not enough water and poor food. Many of the men quickly became sick.

Early in May 1915, the New Zealand Infantry Brigade was taken south to Helles, where it took part in an assault on the village of Krithia (now Alchiteppe) on 8 May. The attack was a complete disaster; the New Zealanders suffered more than 800 casualties and achieved nothing.

Gallipoli Peninsula and the Dardanelles

Anzac Cove

In August 1915, the Allies launched a major attack to try and break the deadlock. The plan was to capture the high ground overlooking the Anzac sector, the Sari Bair Range, while a British force landed further north at Suvla Bay. Major-General Sir Alexander Godley’s New Zealand and Australian Division played an important part in this offensive, with New Zealand troops capturing one of the hills, Chunuk Bair. This was as far as the Allies got; an Ottoman counter-attack forced the troops who had relieved the New Zealanders off Chunuk Bair, while the British failed to make any progress inland from Suvla.

After the Sari Bair offensive, the Allies tried to break through the Ottoman line north of Anzac Cove, which was now linked up with the beachhead at Suvla. New Zealanders were also involved in this fighting, participating in attacks at Hill 60 in late August that cost many lives.

Hill 60 turned out to be the last major Allied attack at Gallipoli. In mid-September 1915, the exhausted New Zealand Infantry and Mounted Rifles were briefly withdrawn to Lemnos to rest and receive reinforcements from Egypt. By the time the New Zealanders returned to Anzac Cove in November, the future of the campaign had been determined. Following the failure of the August offensive, the British government began questioning the value of persisting at Gallipoli, especially given the need for troops on the Western Front.

In October, the British replaced Hamilton as commander-in-chief of the MEF. His successor, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Munro, quickly proposed evacuation. On 22 November the British decided to cut their losses and evacuate Suvla Bay and Anzac Cove. In contrast to earlier operations, planning moved quickly and efficiently. The evacuation of Anzac Cove began on 15 December, with 36,000 troops withdrawn over the following five nights. The last party left in the early hours of 20 December, the night of the last evacuation from Suvla. British and French forces remained at Helles until 8-9 January 1916.

The Story of Gallipoli in Brief (Yr. 5-8)In August 1914 war broke out on the other side of the world. As part of the British Empire, New Zealand entered the war to fight with Britian against Germany. Thousands of New Zealand men from many different backgrounds enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF). In October 1914 soldiers were farewelled by their friends and families and sailed from the shores of New Zealand. It was thought that this first group were heading for England. However, while sailing, the troopships received news that Turkey had joined the war on the side of the Germans and, soon after, the New Zealand and Australian ships were ordered to head for Egypt. In Egypt, the New Zealand forces completed their military training in the heat of the sun and scorching sand. They also helped to fight off a Turkish attack on the Suez Canal.

Time to Move Out:The British Empire decided they needed to take control of the area known as Gallipoli. Seventy-five thousand New Zealand, Australian, British and French troops would be involved in the attack. They would be shipped from Egypt and land on some of the beaches south of the Gallipoli Peninsula.

The Landing:On 25 and 26 April 1915, nearly 20,000 New Zealand and Australian men clambered from the large troopships into small rowing boats and headed for the shores of what was to become known as Anzac Cove. The Turkish troops were already waiting for them and began firing before the ANZACs even reached the shores – as the soldiers waded through the water to the beach bullets whizzed past the heads of some men and killed or wounded others. What they didn’t realise was that they should have been 2km down shore on flat land – they had landed at the wrong place! Now they were faced with steep cliffs and rugged ridges rather than the flat beach where they were supposed to be. The troops stumbled on to the beach and tried to organise themselves but this was almost impossible. The ground was so steep that the ANZACs made little progress against the brave and determined Turks who were defending their homeland. By nightfall the Turks had held on to their position and these ridges would become the opposing front lines for the next eight months.

Stalemate:By May 1915 both sides had come to a standstill – neither could move forward. So, they dug in and built trenches at least two metres deep where they ate, slept, fought and died during the following months. The senior officers of both the Allies and Turks agreed to a nine-hour ‘ceasefire’ to allow both sides to collect their wounded from ‘no mans land’ and bury their dead. Once the nine hours had passed shots began to ring out at Gallipoli again.

Tough Conditions:Life for the ANZACs was hard. Nowhere was safe from bullets and shells that could wound or kill. New Zealanders took part in several big battles including Chunuk Bair and Hill 60 and many soldiers died. Everyday life was also difficult. Water was in short supply and had to be carried up the cliffs.

The main food was tinned bully beef and hard biscuits (resulting in lots of broken teeth). The men also received jam as a treat. During the day the sun beat down on the men in scorching heat and at night the men shivered from the cold in their trenches. By November it was snowing at Gallipoli and the ground was icy cold. Many got sick and lost their lives to illness and disease brought on by a lack of water and proper food, dirty conditions, harsh climate and exhaustion.

Time OutIn Gallipoli men were occasionally given breaks and this usually meant catching up on sleep. Although there was always the risk of being killed, swimming was very popular as it was a chance to cool off and wash. Some men only got to swim once a month so it was a real treat. In September, some men were lucky enough to be sent to Lemnos Island for a much needed rest. They were able to enjoy better food and drink and packages of sweets from children in New Zealand, and could catch up on letters and newspapers sent from their familes back home. For those who did not go to Lemnos, the only change to their daily routine came in November when, after a snowstorm, some of the men built snowmen and enjoyed snowball fights.

A Secret…By December 1915, the men were noticing changes in their routine and there were whispers and signs that something was happening – there was talk of leaving. Gallipoli had cost the Allies greatly. Huge numbers of men had been killed or wounded for the very little land that they clung to and were struggling to hold on to. Plans to evacuate had been drawn up had to be kept secret as much as possible. The evacuation would take place over a number of days with the men being withdrawn bit by bit – every effort would be made to keep the Turks thinking that nothing had changed at Gallipoli.

The soldiers set booby traps and tricks for the Turks, left messages and rigged up their rifles to make it look as if they were still there. Everything had to be left behind or destroyed including guns, food and much more. Finally the evacuation began in the dark of the night with the men making their way silently down to the beaches. On 20 December 1915, after eight long months, the last New Zealanders quietly left Gallipoli. Not a single ANZAC was killed or injured in the evacuation.

The Story of a Tauranga Soldier - William Berridge

William Berridge (on the right) with his brother Jack

I was shot through the neck by a Turkish sniper. Fortunately the bullet continued through to the other side and came out of my shoulder. It took me three days crawling down a gully, wounded and trying to avoid the snipers, following a small stream to get back to the safety of our lines. I was moved aboard the battleship Triumph which stood by in a rescue capacity. I lay on the ship’s deck and did not receive any first aid treatment for another three days which I suspect was partly due to severe overcrowding and that they regarded us as only Colonials and therefore expendable.

William (Bill) Berridge was born in Otumoetai, Tauranga, on 22 May 1893. His father had a farm and William attended the Tauranga District High School as a boy. During this time he was in the School Cadet Corps and trained to be a soldier. He later joined the Territorials and reached the rank of Company Sergeant-Major.

At the start of WWI Bill was 21 years of age and a bank clerk. A few days after the war began he enlisted and went to a training camp in Auckland. He joined the 6th Hauraki Regimental Company of the Auckland Infantry Battalion. He left New Zealand with the Battalion on 16 October 1914. Proir to enlisting Palmerston North was the farthest he had been from home. Bill arrived in Egypt on 3 December 1914 and was amazed at how different it was to New Zealand. While in Egypt he went sightseeing and visited many of the famous tourist attractions including the pyramids.

On 6 April 1915 Bill wrote to his brother Jack, “We leave for the front tomorrow, but where it is I do not know! You will see by the papers where we are fighting.” On 25 April Bill landed with the Hauraki Company at Anzac Cove. On 4 May 1915 he received a gunshot wound to the neck whilst fighting.

He was eventually taken to Alexandria Military Hospital and then to a camp to recover. Bill was able to rejoin his unit at Gallipoli on 25 June 1915, but was invalided back to New Zealand aboard the Willochra on 25 September suffering the effects of his wound and weakness from dysentery. He was granted sick leave between 30 October and 29 December. Medical tests found he was no longer well enough to return to the war and on 12 January 1916 he was discharged from the army and made his home in Tauranga.

The Story of a Tauranga Nurse - Catherine Blackie

Catherine Blackie completed her nursing training in Dunedin, becoming a registered nurse in 1910. Nursing with the Public Health Nursing Service took her to different parts of New Zealand and by 1914 she was living in Devonport Road in Tauranga.

Catherine left with the New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps from Wellington on 21 May 1915, aboard the ‘Marama’ for Sydney, Australia. They were transferred to the ‘Moldavia’ for Suez, Egypt. She served with the

Imperial Forces in Egypt and Mediterranean bases until October 1915, nursing soldiers from Gallipoli. During this time her three brothers were on active service: John Gibbons Blackie, James Blackie and Donald Blackie. James and Donald would be killed in action.

In October 1915 Catherine was one of 741 people on board the ‘Marquette’ en route from Egypt to the northern Greek port of Salonika (Thessaloniki). Also on board were 491 mules and 50 horses. At 9.15 am on 23 October 1915, a torpedo from a new heavyweight German submarine No.35 hit the transport ship as she entered the Gulf of Salonika in the Aegean Sea. Within ten minutes the ship had sunk, leaving hundreds of survivors in the sea. By the time rescue craft arrived several hours later 167 people had drowned, including 32 New Zealanders (ten women and 22 men). Most of the New Zealand victims were nurses and medical orderlies from the 1st New Zealand Stationary Hospital.

Six days later, on 29 October, Catherine sailed back from Salonika to Alexandria on the hospital ship ‘Grantully Castle’, arriving on 1 November. On 20 November she was invalided back to New Zealand from Suez aboard the ‘Tahiti’. On 2 February 1916 The Bay of Plenty Times reported: “By a sheer accident I had the pleasure of meeting the brave Nurse Blackie on December 31st, and explained to her my regrets that her visit, being unannounced, prevented me from giving her a civic welcome. Your correspondent need be under no alarm. I was delighted to give Nurse Blackie, as from the Mayor of the town and voicing the sentiments of the people in it a slight token of the regard they held her in that any lady would be pleased to accept.”

Catherine returned to duty on 13 February 1916 and served in Cairo and at the No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital at Brockenhurst, England. She was eventually invalided back to New Zealand in 1917, being discharged from active service on 10 July 1917.

Life at Home, Tauranga During the War

For those with loved ones away at the war there was a constant fear of receiving a telegram reporting their death. However, day to day life did continue. Children still went to school, mothers still put dinner on the table and those men left behind still went to work.

For New Zealanders at home their contribution to the war effort was made in time and resources. Residents of Tauranga enthusiastically joined in the fundraising efforts and, over the course of the war, contributed to more than 22 funds including the Liverpool Fund, Relief of Russian Prisoners’ Fund, Soldiers’ Gramophone Fund and Wounded Soldiers’ Fund, the last of which was one of the town’s biggest efforts. Fundraisers included a hypnotism demonstration, egg sales and dances. In particular, the town’s children were encouraged to take part. Tauranga District High School students participated in the Crumb Card campaign. They also took to the streets collecting money.

By May 1915 the reality of the war was starting to hit home. Attention turned to the needs of our own men and women, both abroad and at home. Comforts for local soldiers was a priority. As the extent of Gallipoli casualities were reported it was clear that New Zealand needed its own hospital ship. On a suggestion by Lord Liverpool the public began raising funds for medical supplies and patient comforts. By August 1915 the Hospital Ship Fund totalled £47,000. In December the Bay of Plenty Times reported that the Tauranga Committee had raised £672 to date as well as sending several shipments of goods. Local efforts included house to house collections, button sales, competitions, and fetes.

There was, at times, a lighter side to fundraising as committees came up with entertaining ways of getting residents to spend their money. In August 1915 a Mock Court was held to raise money for the Wounded Soldiers’ Fund (W.S.F.). Prominent Tauranga citizens, men and women, were ‘arrested’, ‘charged’ and in some cases fined on the spot. Others were taken to the mock court at a local dance hall and faced a jury of their peers. Miss Bedlington was charged with riding her horse on the footpath and appeared before the judge seated on her horse. Mr Freeman Potts was charged with various offences including adding whisky to his milk.

Tauranga Quotes (Silent Discussion)

These few moments were the most exciting of my life, they seemed like hours, at last there was a rattle of machine guns a roar of guns, then the ground shook, the sky was ablaze - then a deafening roar, then I yelled to my section, ‘Up and over boys’. Soon we were out of our trenches and close up to that curtain of fire, smoke and flying steel.Carl Jordan to his mother, 13 July 1917

He is badly wounded and is anxious for me to send word. I have grave doubts as to his recovery. He sends his love to you all.The last message from Reginal Watkins to his family before he died, France 23 July 1916. It was written by a church minister at a casualty station and sent home to his family.

I was fairly successful during this last spell in France, and managed to shoot down fourteen German aeroplanes. In my last scrap I shot down two double-seater aeroplanes, one after the other; then attacked and drove down one of their fast fighting scouts. The latter machine tried to land, but turned upside down, and I dived on it and shot it into flames before the pilot could get out.Clive Collett writing to his mother from hospital, 19 October 1917.

I hate writing when I know that all I say will have to be read by my own Officer and so I will try to write now a few loving lines from that restraint. Blow the Censor. I do not like the idea of him having to see everything besides there are hundreds of things one would like to talk about and which would interest you but there is a curtain drawn behind which none but soldiers must look.Jim Keam to his sister and loved ones, 16 April 1917

I left New Zealand when I was about 21. I tried to get away earlier but I was stopped. I finally managed to enlist without my family knowing. I didn’t realise how bad war would be and I was sorry when I got there. We went out at night to do trench digging and working on wire entanglements. We were shelled constantly and attacked with gas.George Nicholas, Corporal, New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion

My Dear Father, This is the photo that I promised to send to you and it now bears the additional mark of interest, a shrapnel ball passed through a dozen of these in my pocket tunic. Poor Hugh Stocker was killed that day only a stone’s throw from our guns.Alexander Petherbridge. Postcard to his father telling him about his narrow escape from death. France, 23 September 1916.

In memory of our dearly loved son Edgar James Hammond who was called to higher service 12 October 1924 aged 27 years. Go to thy home and from thy labours cease. Rest on thy sheaves; thy harvest work is done. Gone from the heart of battle and in peace, soldier, go home. With thee the fight is won.Inscription on Edgar Hammond’s headstone. He died in Tauranga after the war as a result of having been gassed.

How to Find a New Zealand WWI Soldier or Nurse

More than 100,000 people enlisted in New Zealand during the First World War. Some were volunteers

and others were conscripted. Many New Zealanders will have a soldier in their family and some will have

several. A few will have a nurse who served, though this is far less common with only 550 New Zealand

nurses serving overseas with the New Zealand Army Nursing Service. (This does not include New Zealand

women already overseas who joined other nursing services).

If you don’t have a service number a good place to start looking for your soldier or nurse is the

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph database at:

www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph

Digitised personnel files are the most useful source for finding out details about your First World War

soldier or nurse. They are held by Archives New Zealand, and can usually be viewed on their

Archway database, Archives New Zealand:

www.archway.archives.govt.nz/

If your soldier or nurse died in the war then you can locate where they are buried on the

Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s website:

www.cwgc.org/

Perhaps your soldier or nurse was mentioned in their local newspaper? You can search newspapers all

around the country at Papers Past:

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Other useful sites to gather more information on your soldier or nurse include:

Australian Service Records: www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records

More Australian Records: https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/index.html

British Records: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/

General information: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/first-world-war

Christchurch City Libraries http://christchurchcitylibraries.com

Te Ara http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/first-world-war

Tauranga Librarians’ Book SelectionAs we commemorate 100 years since the First World War or the Great War, the amount of books and resources being produced has increased. This list is a taster of the books that Tauranga City Librarians have appreciated. For more selections visit tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/remembering_war/topics/show/2508

Picture Books:

Best mates: Three lads who went to war together by Philippa Werry: The school mates leave New Zealand together to fight at Gallipoli. Landing first in Egypt, they travel by ship to Anzac Cove and dig into trenches to fight the Turkish troops holding the Gallipoli peninsula.

The Donkey Man by Glyn Harper: Based on the real life heroics of New Zealand soldier Richard Henderson and his faithful partner Rolly the donkey, The Donkey Man shows the war from Rolly’s point of view as he carries the wounded and sick away from the front.

The ANZAC Puppy by Peter Millett: The story of Sam and his dalmation, Freda, the dog mascot of the New Zealand Rifles during World War One. Both puppy and soldier endure the hardships of trench life and grow into adulthood together. Childrens Fiction:

1914: Riding Into War by Susan Brocker: 17-year-old Billy Bowman signs up with his best mate Jack and their horses. Leaving their horses behind in Egypt, they are sent to Gallipoli after the first landings. There they take part in the horrific battle of Chunuk Bair in August 1915. The horror of trench warfare is far removed from the big adventure Jack and his mates thought it would be.

My Brother’s War by David Hill: Starting in 1917 New Zealand this is the story of two brothers who disagree about World War One. The 1916 Conscription Law has been passed and they both have to make decisions on where they stand. Older brother, William, is not conscripted but enlists anyway out of patriotism whilst younger brother, Edmund, stands up for his beliefs and declares he is a conscientious objector.

Teen Fiction:

A Rose for the Anzac Boys by Jackie French: 16-year-old New Zealander Midge Macpherson’s older brother Dougie, and twin brother Tim, both enlisted in World War I (1914-1918) and Tim has been posted as missing. Midge and her friends have had enough of sitting around, Her friend’s father agrees to supply them with cocoa and other necessities as they hatch a plan to set up a canteen at a train station in France. They will help cater for the hundreds and thousands of soldiers heading out to the front line as well as the wounded on their way back to medical care.

Jacko Moran: Sniper by Ken Catran: It’s 1940. Reflecting from his death bed in Wellington Hospital, 25 years after the end of World War I, Jacko is suffering the effects of mustard gas, hard living and the nightmares that continue to haunt him.

Childrens Non-Fiction:

Anzac Day : the New Zealand story : what it is and why it matters by Philippa Werry: Teaching a new generation about the sacrifices made by New Zealand men and women, from the Gallipoli Campaign and right through the Great War. Explores the relevance of Anzac Day today, identifies important memorials around New Zealand, examines the national anthem, the tradition of Anzac biscuits and the Last Post, Reveille music, and more.

Nice Day for a War by Chris Slane: 18-year-old Cyril from rural New Zealand lies about his age amd heads off to fight in World War One. At first he and his mates are full of excitement, but then they encouter Flanders trenches and the horrors of the Western Front. [Graphic Novel].

Other Resources

Tauranga City Libraries: Remembering War Kete

From Tauranga to the Trenches

Tauranga WWI Commemorations in 2015

Additional Material WWI Commemorations

Tauranga City Libraries: Remembering War Kete

Tauranga Memories is a vibrant and interesting online archive capturing the true spirit of Tauranga. Groups such as schools and individuals are invited to contribute their stories, photographs, videos, audio recordings, and documents to the site, the content of which is harvested by Digital New Zealand.

One of the kete on Tauranga Memories is called ‘Remembering War’. Within this kete are stories related to Tauranga’s 6th Hauraki Association and both world wars. The content is shared with the rest of the world and stored safely for future generations to enjoy and learn from.

At present the ‘Remembering War’ kete hosts around 1,500 images, 400 stories, 57 documents and 30 audio recordings. On it you will find Tauranga’s Roll of Honour with links to stories on all 110 soldiers and many others. There are WWI diaries, photograph albums, postcards and letters as well as Airforce, Army and Naval accounts of war including Q-Ships, Cameliers and Mounted Rifles. There are also stories about the Tauranga memorials and various war exhibitions.

‘Remembering War’ is already a great place to start research on Tauranga’s involvement in World War I.

This link will take you to the ‘Remembering War’ kete: http://bit.ly/rememberingwar

A selection of ‘Remembering War’ pages related to World War I:

• 6thBattalion(Hauraki)Regiment(IndexofResources)

• AllOverbyChristmas?:ChristmasinWorldWarOne(exhibition)

• FieldofRemembrance(Tauranga)

• FromTaurangatotheTrenches(exhibition)

• From Tauranga to the Trenches (2014) by Fiona Kean

• KatikatiRollofHonour:WorldWarOne

• KatikatiSchoolRollofHonour

• Librarians’Selection:RememberingWorldWarOne

• MemorialParkCenotaph

• RememberingWorldWarOne:TaurangaFastFacts

• TaurangaRollofHonour:WorldWarOne

• TaurangaRSACenotaph

• TaurangaTimeline:WorldWarOne(1914-1918)

• TaurangaWarMemorialGates

• TaurangaWreathLayingCeremonytoMarktheStartofWorldWarOne

(4 August 2014)

• TheHaurakiRegiment-abriefhistory

• WWISoldiersrememberedbylocalTauranga&BOPresidents

From Tauranga to the Trenches From Tauranga to the Trenches by Fiona Kean delves into the stories of Tauranga people who served during World War One.

Rich with photographs and memorabilia, the book also contains excerpts from letters and diaries written by Tauranga men serving overseas. The time period ranges from the declaration of war on 4 August 1914 through to serving overseas, the Influenza Pandemic, peace celebrations, British war brides and Tauranga’s Memorial Gates. Also covered are the war effort at home, the role of women and children and the concerns of those at home.

The inclusion of a contents page, introduction, detailed Roll of Honour with photographs, sources list and index help to round out this contribution to a horrific period in world history and place it into a local context. Lovely extras like the inclusion of war embroidery on the cover page and the embroidered postcard (It’s a long way to Tipperary) opposite the introduction really personalise the story.

While Tauranga’s attention stayed focused on the fortunes of the men and women known to them, these same men and women remained connected to their town. In letters home they favourably compared Tauranga to places they visited, they asked for town gossip, and longed for parcels and letters from loved ones. The desire that they should return to Tauranga was constant and expressed in writing and in deeds - Fiona Kean (p. 1).

The book complements the ‘From Tauranga to the Trenches’ exhibition of World War One history created by Tauranga Heritage Collection coordinator Fiona Kean and Cultural Heritage Manager Dean Flavell. Two customised steel shipping containers house the mobile exhibition which was produced by Tauranga City Council’s Heritage Collection using a grant from the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board and with the support of WW100 Tauranga and the Hauraki Regimental Association.

The first mobile exhibition highlighted the story of stretcher-bearer Private Reginald Watkins (1885-1916). Reginald Watkins was killed by shrapnel whilst carrying wounded. His story is just one of 10 Tauranga district exhibitions planned for the next five years.

The book can be purchased from Books a Plenty $25 or direct from the Heritage Collection, $18 Education Price, email [email protected]

Tauranga WWI Commemorations in 2015 Anzac Day, Saturday 25 April Dawn Parade, Mount Maunganui, Service at Cenotaph, Marine Parade, 6am.

Dawn Service Tauranga, Service at RSA Cenotaph, Cameron Road, Greerton, 6am. (If it is wet the service will be moved to the Greerton Community Hall).

Combined Tauranga and Mount Maunganui Anzac Day Civic Memorial Service, 25 April, Tauranga Domain. This is a change of venue and recognises the historical significance of the Domain War Memorial Gates and 100th Anniversary of the Anzac Cove landings.

The Great Anzac Day Brunch, Tauranga Domain following Civic Service. A chance for the community to come together and share food, stories and togetherness on a very special day.

ExhibitionsLaurence Aberhart: ANZAC, Tauranga Art Gallery, 14 February-10 May. On tour from Dunedin Public Art Gallery, ANZAC is an exhibition of works by acclaimed New Zealand photographer Laurence Aberhart. These photographs depict World War I memorials in Australia and New Zealand. School visit bookings 07 578 7933.

Gallipoli: From Tauranga to the Trenches, Free exhibition, mobile exhibition containers, Masonic Park, 10-18 April (not open on Sunday) Tauranga Heritage Collection.

World War I: From Tauranga to the Trenches, Free Exhibition at Classic Flyers Museum, 25 April–23 May: This exhibition will honour our soldiers, their families and the community. For group bookings phone 572 4000 or email [email protected]

Remembering Anzac in Stitch, Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild Exhibition, Baycourt Exhibition Hall, 13–17 May, 9:30-4pm.

ActivitiesThreads of Memory, Tauranga City Library, 13-19 April: An opportunity to share your ancestor’s WWI story. Contact [email protected] or contact Stephanie, Debbie or Harley at Tauranga Library on 07 5777177.

Tauranga 1914-1918: A presentation on Tauranga during WWI suitable for secondary school classes. For bookings in April contact [email protected] or contact Stephanie, Debbie or Harley at Tauranga Library on 07 5777177.

The Donkey Man: Remembering Gallipoli, Tauranga City Libraries. Students will act out the story of Richard Henderson who rescued wounded soldiers at Gallipoli with his donkey. Suitable for primary and intermediate classes. Class visits from March onwards, [email protected] or phone 07 5777177 for bookings.

Commemorative Casting Workshops, Tauranga Art GallerySaturday 21 March ($15 for children’s workshops, $20 for adults, bookings required: 07 578 7933)Using Laurence Aberhart’s photography of World War I memorials as a starting point, participants will create a commemorative artwork cast out of plaster.9.30-11am 5 – 7 years 11.30-1pm Adults 2-3.30pm 8 – 12 years

ANZAC Floral Wreath Making Demonstration, Tauranga Art Gallery Sunday 19 April 2.30pm (admission by koha, no booking required)Natalie Meredith and Ruth Wilson from the Tauranga Floral Art Group demonstrate how to construct a commemorative wreath from real foliage. The Tauranga Floral Art Group has been in existence for more than 40 years, helping promote the art of floral design. They meet once a month to compete in competitions and learn new techniques and styles of their art.

Drop in session: After School Poppy Making, Tauranga Art GalleryWednesday 22 & Thursday 23 April 3–4.30pm(Participation by koha, no bookings required, children must be accompanied by an adult)Since 1922, the poppy has been worn in New Zealand as a symbol of remembrance for New Zealand and Australian soldiers who have lost their lives at war. Drop in anytime between 3pm and 4.30pm to create your own poppy. All proceeds will go to Tauranga RSA.

Workshop: Paper Wreaths with Emma Prill, Tauranga Art Gallery Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 April ($15 for children’s workshops, $30 for adults, bookings required: 07 578 7933)Saturday 25 10 – 12pm 5 – 7 years Sunday 26 10.30 – 2.30pm Adults1 – 3pm 8 – 12 years Emma Prill (BVA) is a local Tauranga artist who has exhibited both locally and internationally. She has exhibited in both the 2014 and 2012 Miles Art Awards. Emma explores richly painted colourful forms from nature, manipulating and sculpting the canvas into vibrant and intricately constructed three-dimensional paintings. In this workshop Emma will share some of the techniques that she uses when making her own work to create a three-dimensional commemorative wreath.

Performances and Public TalksRotunda, Baycourt 13 March, School Matinee Performance. Rotunda features the beautiful collision of the NZ Army Band with the raw power of contemporary dance, performing to a range of heartfelt hymns and stunning new brass works. Rotunda is a living memorial that celebrates the ANZAC spirit and the themes of courage, loss, kinship and, ultimately, a desire for peace. For bookings: www.nzdc.org.nz/node/yep-workshops-schools-resource/

Jock Phillips: New Zealand War Memorials and New Zealand Identity, Tauranga Art Gallery Thursday 19 March 5.30pm.Join historian Jock Phillips as he discusses New Zealand War Memorials and New Zealand Identity. Jock Phillips is a leading New Zealand historian who is currently senior editor of Te Ara: The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. He wrote the introduction to the book ANZAC: Photographs by Laurence Aberhart. ($10, Bookings at Gallery or on 578-7933 + door sales if available, refreshments provided).

Behind the Gates: the Tauranga Domain Memorial Gates Story, Tauranga Art GallerySunday 19 April 1.30pm (admission by koha, no booking required)Join Fiona Kean from the Tauranga Heritage Collection as she discusses the characters and conflict behind the construction of the Tauranga Domain War Memorial Gates and explores the stories of the soldiers who appear (and don’t appear) on its columns.

WORLD WAR IF RO M TAU RA NGATO T H E T R E NC H ES

F R E EE X H I B I T I O N

2 5 A P R I L – 2 3 M AY 2 0 1 5C L A S S I C F LY E RS M US E U M

TAU RA NGA

Over 2014 and 2015, many New Zealand towns and cities have sought to commemorate the sacrifices made by their forebears during the Great War. It is important that Tauranga remembers our soldiers and the community they left behind, and acknowledges their sacrifice in a meaningful and accessible manner.

VENUE AND KEY DATESThe exhibition will be based at Classic Flyers Museum and will open with a Memorial Dinner to be held adjacent to the exhibition (in the main hangar) on 23 April 2015. The guest speaker will be Tauranga born & bred Sir Bruce Ferguson, the former Chief of Defence for New Zealand. Sir Bruce spoke at Gallipoli on New Zealand’s behalf at the 90th commemorations where his speech was met with critical acclaim. Thereafter the exhibition will be made open to the public at noon on 25 April (immediately after the joint civic service to be held at Wharepai Domain at 10am that morning).

OVERALL OBJECTIVESTo honour our soldiers, their families and the community (those who went and those who were left at home) .Explore what life was like in Tauranga at that time under the influence of war, particularly looking at the emotional toll the war took on the township.Remembering those who fought and returned. Remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice.Looking at how we have remembered through the years.Explaining the significance of the Domain gates.

PROUDLY SUPPORTED BYThe local WW100 commi�ee and Fiona Kean from the Tauranga Heritage Centre.

Fiona is the author of “From Tauranga to the Trenches” and is acting as an advisor for this exhibition.

Major Funder: TECTKey Sponsors: Holland Becke�, Pak n Save x 2, Bayleys/Eves, Tauriko Business Estate (IMF), Carrus,

Staples Rodway, Tauranga City Council, Metro MarketingMedia Partner: NZME

Venue Partner: Classic Flyers NZ

Schools, please note, we plan on having a dedicated host for the duration of the exhibitionso that questions can be answered on-site.

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Rotunda features the beautiful collision of the NZ Army Band with the raw power of contemporary dance, performing to a range of heartfelt hymns and stunning, new brass works. Rotunda is a living memorial that celebrates the ANZAC spirit and the themes of courage, loss, kinship and ultimately, a desire for peace.

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