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Description: | Photocopied ms account (24pp) of service with the New Zealand Tunnelling Company, New Zealand Engineers, 1915 - 1919, describing his enlistment and initial training during October - December 1915 in New Zealand and then the United Kingdom, January - March 1916, before landing in France. The unit served in the Arras region, and tunnelling and counter-mine work is mentioned, together with frequent disregard for authority; a raid by the 15th Battalion Cheshire Regiment (35th Division) is also described, and he is especially scathing regarding this Division and its officers. Williamson was invalided with a hernia early in 1917, eventually recovering in the UK until returning to New Zealand in November 1918.
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Catalogue date 1978-03-07 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Williamson, J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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