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No 1 : November 12, 1960

54

They Fought at Passchendaele

Memories of the bitter and bloody fighting which took place in the Passchendaele offensive between October 1 and 12, 1917, were revived for these survivors at a reunion held 43 years later.

These were sharpened by old official slides of the area and more recent and peaceful slides taken by Mr Joe Baigent during a visit to Europe.

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Lance Cook, Jim Trask, George Henry and Wall Wesley

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Jack Taylor, Charlie Flanagan, Harry Clark and Charlie Topliss

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Stan Wilkinson and Phil Hellyer (convenors) and Jack Bennett

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Arnold Carter and Neil Robertson-Henderson

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John Hickey, Bob Dunne, Charlie Warnes and Roy Arnold

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Donald Glanfield (Auckland), Wally Lock, Cyril Rout, Wally Hill and Arthur Palmer

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Lindsay Ross, Lance Hall (Motueka), Dick Batt (Motueka) and John Jorgensen

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George Jaraieson, Viv Halley, Ted Lukey and Joe Baigent.

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