VISIT OF SIR THOMAS MACKENZIE KCMG HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR NEW ZEALAND TO THE NEW ZEALAND DIVISION, SEPTEMBER 9TH AND 10TH 1917 [Main]


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  • Anno: 1917
  • Durata: 10 mins
  • Descrizione: 2nd Battalion Otago Regiment, led by its band, marching easy along a road with high wooded banks. There is an open air church parade for the battalion, attended by MacKenzie, Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Godley, Commander II ANZAC Corps, Major-General Sir Andrew Russell and Captain Malcolm Ross the official NZEF Press Correspondent. The service is led by a chaplain in khaki and vestments, whose makeshift altar is covered with a Union Jack. MacKenzie talks to Otago soldiers after the parade. Visiting the 2nd NZ Field Ambulance, he talks, with his back to the camera, to a line of slightly wounded New Zealanders sitting on a bench, one with a head bandage. He inspects 3rd Battalion Auckland Regiment accompanied by the divisional commander, Major-General Sir Andrew Russell and Brigadier-General H Hart, commanding 4 NZ Infantry Brigade. Russell, on horseback, addresses 3rd Battalion Otago Regiment, followed by a further address by MacKenzie, on foot, while Ross takes notes. MacKenzie departs by car - the last vehicle to leave is the official photographer's van with the divisional sign, a silver fern, below the side window.
    Sir Thomas MacKenzie's visit to the New Zealand Division in its training area near Lumbres west of St-Omer, France, September 1917.
  • Parole chiave: EFG1914 / World War I / MacKenzie, Thomas / Godley, Alexander John / Russell, Andrew Hamilton / Ross, Malcolm / New Zealand Military Forces, New Zealand Div & Auckland Regt / New Zealand Military Forces, New Zealand Div & Otago Regt / religion, Christianity - military, New Zealand / delegations, New Zealand national - political / journalism and record, New Zealand - press / 01/3(4-15).7 / Lumbres, Pas-de-Calais, France
  • Fonte esterna: Imperial War Museums
  • Diritti: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Colori: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound