On a recent trip to the battlefields over Remembrance weekend, I spent time travelling around cemeteries that I hadn’t visited before, with the intention of taking pictures of certain headstones for an ongoing project I have of visiting all the men from my local area who were killed during the war – further details ofContinue reading “Lance Corporal John Patrick O’Neill”
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Part 2 of Portrayals of the First World War in Media: The Water Diviner
As part of an ongoing feature, every so often I will be watching a film, TV series or documentary and assessing how I feel is represents the First World War. I won’t be giving a complete run down of the media sources that I write about, but I hope to give an insight into theContinue reading “Part 2 of Portrayals of the First World War in Media: The Water Diviner”
How the First World War is remembered in New Zealand – Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of my post highlighting the many ways in which New Zealand remembers its war dead. This post picks up where we left off, by entering into the capital city Wellington. In Wellington, there were many examples that I could discuss in this blog post. For the sake of simplicity, I willContinue reading “How the First World War is remembered in New Zealand – Part 2”
How the First World War is remembered in New Zealand – Part 1
In September 2018, I was incredibly lucky to spend three weeks in one of the most beautiful countries in the world, New Zealand. In this blog post, I will take you on a journey through New Zealand showing examples of how the First World War is remembered throughout the country. New Zealand, like its AustralianContinue reading “How the First World War is remembered in New Zealand – Part 1”
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