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Description: | Sir Thomas MacKenzie's visit to the New Zealand Division in its training area near Lumbres west of St-Omer, France, September 1917.
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.
35mm | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Russell 01/3(4-15).7 Thomas Godley New Zealand Div & Otago Regt New Zealand Div & Auckland Regt Alexander John Malcolm MacKenzie Andrew Hamilton Ross New Zealand Military Forces | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Sanders, Henry A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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