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Safe Haven: The Untold Story of New Zealand's Largest Ever Military Camp - Featherston: 1916-1919 - Softcover
- PublisherWairarapa Archive / Fraser Books
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0958261792
- ISBN 13 9780958261791
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
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Safe Haven: The Untold Story of New Zealand's Largest Ever Military Camp - Featherston: 1916-1919
Published by
Wairarapa Archive / Fraser Books, Masterton, 2012
ISBN 10: 0958261792
ISBN 13: 9780958261791
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Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: The Secret Bookshop (FREE POSTAGE IN NZ), Tararua, New Zealand
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A very clean copy. Gift inscription. Safe Haven traces the life of Featherston Military Camp and, through letters, diaries and reminiscences, the men who lived there. The camp left a legacy in buildings, photographs and the site itself, now quiet land alongside State Highway Two, east of Featherston. The building of Featherston Military Camp in late 1915 transformed a stony paddock east of Featherston township in south Wairarapa into a ready-made barrack town which could house up to 8,000 raw soldiers at a time. Volunteers and conscripts from all parts of the country came to Featherston, spending two to four months in training, our largest military base their temporary home before they left the safety of New Zealand to endure the heaviest wartime casualties this country has suffered. They lived in barracks and tents, enduring the good and bad of camp life and Featherston's lively climate. The infantry then marched over the Rimutaka Range to Trentham Camp before taking ship for the Western Front. In total about 55,000 men trained at the Featherston Military Camp between 1916-19. Seller Inventory # 037200
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Safe Haven: The Untold Story of New Zealand's Largest Ever Military Camp - Featherston: 1916-1919
Published by
Wairarapa Archive / Fraser Books, 2012
ISBN 10: 0958261792
ISBN 13: 9780958261791
Used
Soft cover
Seller: Boodle Books, Millmerran, QLD, Australia
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. THIS IS THE STORY OF THE FEATHERSTON MILITARY CAMP, IN SOUTH WAIRARAPA, NEW ZEALAND. THIS CAMP BECAME THE LARGEST TRAINING FASILITY, HOUSING UP TO 8000 RAW SOLDIERS,WHO WERE THEN SHIPPED TO THE WESTERN FRONT. Seller Inventory # 006783
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Safe haven : the untold story of New Zealand's largest ever military camp : Featherston, 1916-1919
Published by
Wairarapa Archive in association with Fraser Books, Masterton, 2012
ISBN 10: 0958261792
ISBN 13: 9780958261791
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Seller: Archway Books, Mana, New Zealand
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Soft Covers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. 21 x 26 cm landscape, xii, 174 pp, maps and plans, b&w photo illus, soft covers - minute corner bump to front which is hardly noticeable. VG copy. Seller Inventory # 009700
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