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A Field Officer's Notebook by Dan Davin
$29.95 NZD
Category: Second World War | Reading Level: New
Dan Davin, best known for his prose fiction, memoirs, and work in academic publishing, also wrote poetry. Not that he wrote poetry throughout his life; rather, it was almost exclusively written in three discrete periods: during the mid-to-late thirties while at university in New Zealand and England; dur ...Show more
Heroes of Gallipoli by Richard Stowers
$75.00 NZD
Category: First World War
With the centenary of the First World War upon us in 2015, Richard Stowers has written this book to increase the awareness of the unpretentious gallantry and service by New Zealanders during the Gallipoli campaign. The book details the bravery and distinguished service of men and women of the 1st echelo ...Show more
To the Memory: New Zealand's War Memorials by Jock Phillips
$15.00 NZD
$59.99 (75% off)
Category: Military History
Over 30,000 New Zealanders have died in wars since 1840. They have been remembered in the more than a thousand memorials put up in public places throughout New Zealand. Except on Anzac Day, most people pass by these monuments without really looking at them. Yet a huge amount of social energy and resourc ...Show more
Te Hokowhitu a Tu: The Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War by Christopher Pugsley
$40.00 NZD
Category: First World War | Reading Level: Very Good
Maori soldiers signing up for the First World War representing a formidable fighting force - Te Hokowhitu a Tu, or the Seventy twice-told warriors of the war god, Tumatauenga. Some 2,227 Maori and 458 Pacific Islanders enlisted with the Maori Pioneer Battalion, providing an essential element in the New ...Show more
Ketchil: A New Zealand Pilot's War in Asia and the Pacific by Neil Frances
$24.95 NZD
Category: Second World War
In April 1940, a 20 year-old farm boy from South Wairarapa joined the RNZAF as a trainee pilot. By war's end, in August 1945, Vic Bargh had flown 17 aircraft types, including the ill-fated Brewster Buffalo, survived almost 200 operations in the Far East and the Pacific, and been awarded the Distinguishe ...Show more
Le Quesnoy 1918 by Christopher Pugsley
$40.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
The New Zealand Division's capture of the French town of Le Quesnoy was its last and most successful action in the First World War. Breaking through defensive lines and scaling the town walls by ladder, the New Zealanders overwhelmed the defenders, freeing the town after years of German occupation. It w ...Show more
A History of the Wairarapa Aero Club 1929-2019 by John G. Hill; Carol Hill; Wairarapa Aero Club Staff (Contribution by)
$20.00 NZD
Category: First World War
Brothers in Arms: Gordon & Robin Harper in the Great War by Jock Phillips
$20.00 NZD
Category: First World War
A powerful and beautifully-illustrated story of two New Zealand brothers at Gallipoli and the Sinai Desert. Bringing together original letters, stunning photographs and extraordinary objects sent back from the front, Brothers in Arms evokes the experience of the Great War in a uniquely moving and access ...Show more
Ake Ake Kia Kaha E! Forever Brave!: B Company 28th Maori Battalion 1939-1945 by Wira Gardiner
$50.00 NZD
Category: Second World War
A truly unique insight into the impact the Second World War had on the iwi of the central North Island and Bay of Plenty districts (including Te Arawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Tuhoe, Whanau-a-Apanui, Ngati Maru and Ngati Paoa) focusing on the region's war effort not only overseas, but also at home and in gove ...Show more
1914-1918 - An Eyewitness to War by Bob Carruthers
$15.00 NZD
Category: First World War
Compiled by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers, this is a fascinating collection of recollections from primary sources reflecting often overlooked aspects of the Great War. The struggle for Verdun, the battles between Austro-Hungarian and Russian forces in the East, and the daily lif ...Show more
Jack's Journey by Trish McCormack (Andrew Gibson co-editor)
$15.00 NZD
Category: First World War
When Jack Pryce sailed to war in 1915 with the Otago Infantry Battalion he was restless, wanting to "make good" of his life. Experiencing the carnage of Gallipoli and Passchendaele and other epic battles on the Western Front, he rose through the ranks to gain his commission. From the hell of the trenche ...Show more
With Them Through Hell: New Zealand Medical Services in the First World War by Anna Rogers
$65.00 NZD
Category: First World War | Reading Level: near fine
The thousands of New Zealand men who fought in the First World War went through hell. And right beside them was another fighting force, armed with scalpels, bandages and drugs. Hundreds of doctors, nurses, stretcher-bearers, orderlies and ambulance drivers,dentists, chiropodists, pharmacists, physiother ...Show more