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War Memorial on the corner of Fitzherbert (SH2) and Fox Streets. Please be assembled by 8.55am.
Anzac Day Services
On completion of the service the parade will fall out and make their own way to the Wairarapa Services and Citizen Club. Participants are asked to dress according to weather conditions. Please bring a torch as lighting will be minimal.
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CARTERTON Carterton will commemorate our returned servicemen and women, and those who died during the service of their country on Monday 25 April.
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5 . 5 5 a m – Service at Cenotaph commences.
Service groups and members of the community, we encourage you to stand by your gate at dawn on 25 April.
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5 . 4 5 a m – Ex-Service personnel only will march south along Dixon Street to the Cenotaph
The RSA will instead hold a Wreath Laying Service at 1 0 . 3 0 a m at the War Memorial, Kuratawhiti Street. All are welcome to attend.
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All Service personnel and other groups, including schools, service groups and the general public, please assemble at the Cenotaph in Queen Elizabeth Park.
TINUI Anzac Day at Tinui will go ahead the same as last year with a live ceremony at the Tinui Hall at 10. 3 0 a m and a simulcast on Wairarapa TV on Freeview 41, YouTube and Facebook. The differences from previous services are that because of covid restrictions we won’t have the sumptuous morning tea provided by the Tinui Women’s Institute. Instead there will be tea and biscuits under the veranda of the Tinui Cafe and Bar. The other change is that there won’t be transport available to the Cross on Tinui Taipo. People will be free to walk if the track is open, weather permitting. Our guest speaker is the Rev Steve Thomson, our organist is Caryl Forrest and vocalist Emily Wellbrock. Michael Chapman is our bugler, Craig McKelvey our cameraman and Alisdair Palmer will, once again, provide the sound.
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GREY TOW N It is with sincere regret we confirm that we are not holding the usual Citizens’ ANZAC Day march and indoor service this ANZAC Day 2022. This decision is made to protect both the safety of RSA members and the public from the risk of covid-19.
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5 . 3 0 a m – All ex-Service personnel only to assemble outside the Masterton War Memorial stadium.
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Anyone intending to lay a wreath at either service is asked to contact the Featherston RSA on 022 165 3521.
ANZAC BR IDG E There will be no service at the Anzac Bridge this year
MAS TERTON An invitation is extended to all exService, Servicemen and women, Service organisations, and the general public to participate in the Masterton Anzac Day Parade.
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Book sheds new light on Battle of Messines By David Famularo One of the most important battles in New Zealand military history is the subject of a new book, launched yesterday in Palmerston North. “Taking the Ridge: Anzacs & Germans at the Battle of Messines 1917”, by Dr Jeffrey McNeill, tells the story of the New Zealanders who fought in the battle, together with the Australians who fought alongside them. And it is the first New Zealand book on the subject to also explain the battle from the other side of the trenches.
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A Senior Lecturer in the School of People, Environment and Planning at Massey University, McNeill holds a PhD in Politics, an MA (Hons) in Geography and a Master of Public Policy awarded with Distinction. A trained geographer with expertise in modern mapping technologies, McNeill has been able to integrate the social and spatial dimensions, mapping a landscape where the difference between life and death might have been the depth of a ditch.
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New Zealanders. Were many of the New Zealand soldiers in the battle trained at the Featherston Military Camp? Were they already hardened veterans by the time they fought at Messines? Nearly all the men would spent time at Featherston Military Camp as their first experience of military training. Some had a pretty grim experience of it, not the least from disease. I found several who had come down with mumps there and a couple of cases of meningitis. These were the days before modern medicines and penicillin so illness was much more serious than today.
The 3rd Bavarian Division and the New Zealand Division had both fought and suffered badly at the Somme in 1916. In fact these ‘Bavarians’ – who were not from Bavaria but what is now the Rhineland Palatinate and drank wine not beer – were firing into the New Zealanders as they first attacked at the Somme. And both could claim elite status. All things equal it could My grandfather went three days management or lump absent without leave (AWOL) while have been pretty grim the fight for the • Harvest Want toamaximise sum purchase return for your trees? • Resource consent and health & “We will safety management Talk to us first for a no remember them” • Roading & skid site construction obligation discussion and • Guaranteed payment assessment of your trees. • Skilled & experienced contractors
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Yet, half the men at Messines had never been in a battle before, though some had gone on raids and so had some fighting experience. As a result many were quite gung-ho leading up to the battle, some of them rather less so afterwards. But although they were not battlehardened they were thoroughly trained and had rehearsed their attack several times in the back area in France. (The photos most often associated with Messines are in fact of this training). They were one of the elite British divisions. • “Taking the Ridge: Anzacs & Germans at the Battle of Messines 1917” is available at The Messines Bookshop, Featherston and at www.rifl emanpress.nz
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Finally, the June Battle of Messines was just one part of an ongoing fighting in the Messines sector in 1917. That story has not been told either, but it forms a natural play-out of the battle. I felt it important to tell that story, too.
soldiers, the New Zealanders all volunteers, the Germans mostly conscripts, both sides commanded by a professional officer clique within army structures that broadly matched each other. Both were ordinary men in extraordinary situations.
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Looking east from New Zealand lines to the Messines ridge showing the New Zealand Division colour line objectives. New Zealand (blue) and German (red) trenches. Dr McNeill created a 3-dimenional computer model to show how the battlefield looked.
I also found that many people don’t know what these units were or how the New Zealand Division was formed. I certainly didn’t! So I describe the military units and how they were formed, as well as who these men were.
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I locate the individual units on the battlefield with computer-generated maps and tell what they were supposed to be doing and what happened. People just have to download their soldier’s file from the Archives New Zealand website (its free) and see what unit he was in and the rest follows. But I also used photos and soldiers’ diaries of the day to give readers a sense of what it was like for these men, using their own words.
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2nd Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Most units are easy to locate on the battlefield as they all had very specific tasks and places to go. Know the company, then you know where they likely went. Except that grandfather Hugh’s company was split up – two platoons helped take Messines, the other two supported the attack to the south of the village. It took me years to find out what he did. I only discovered when reading the diary of a machinegunner who was in the same platoon that he was to the south. He is not mentioned in the unit reports and he never talked to the family about what he did. But he was certainly there. His war record shows he was injured in his right hand from a shell fragment on the second day of battle. My father also remembers as a small boy watching his aunt digging bits of shrapnel out of Hugh’s back one sunny afternoon! Would this book be helpful for others whose ancestors fought at Messines, and if so, how? Absolutely! I half wrote it to share what I discovered with others who also had ancestors there. I found
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at Featherston. That cost him three days’ pay and two confined to barracks! Mind you, his record was spotless compared with some. I found some of the men who won medals for valour at Messines were already too well known to their commanding officers for all the wrong reasons – continually going AWOL, abusing officers, brawling and drunkenness, and earning any amount of field punishment for it! Heroes on the battlefield, ‘bad hats’ on the parade ground!
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McNeill took the time to answer the following questions.
What made the Battle of Messines special for New Zealanders? It was the New Zealand Division’s biggest victory of the war with one in five of all New Zealand soldiers in World War I involved. Midway between the bloody ‘half-victory’ of the Somme in September 1916 and the complete disaster of Passchendaele in October 1917, the Division was fighting-fit, and itching to fight. This was New Zealand’s great victory of the war, one that everyone associated with it proudly claimed a part in. Why did you write this book? My grandfather fought in the battle and I just wanted to find out what he did there. There was no book to tell me so I began researching for myself. At the 90th Anniversary of the battle commemorations at Mesen as Messines is now known I found lots of other people with relations who had fought there, but who had no idea what had happened. I want to share my discoveries so that they, too, can know what their relations had done. Did you ÿ nd out much about what your grandfather did there? My grandfather was a rifleman in the
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Anzac Day commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and honours our returned servicemen and women.
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New Zealanders have marked the landings at Gallipoli since news of the event first reached this country, and Anzac Day has been a public holiday since 1921. On this day the people of New Zealand have acknowledged the sacrifice of all those who have died in warfare, and the contribution and suffering of all those who have served. Over time there have been changes in the way that the day has been
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For most, the day is an occasion on which to formally pay tribute and to remember. Anzac Day now promotes a sense of unity. People whose politics, beliefs and aspirations are widely different can share a genuine sorrow at the loss of so many lives in war, and a real respect for those who have endured warfare on behalf of the country we live in. Source: Ministry for Culture and Heritage (mch.govt.nz)
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commemorated, reflecting the changing features and concerns of our society. During World War II, for example, there was increased interest and a heightened sense of the relevance of Anzac Day. In the 1960s and decades after, it was from time to time used as a platform for anti-war and other social protest. Today, at a time when it seems New Zealanders are increasingly keen to assert and celebrate a unique identity, we recognise Anzac Day as a central marker of our nationhood. The number of New Zealanders
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Beating the winter blues Believe it or not, the winter blues really is ‘a thing’. It’s also called Seasonal A˜ ective Disorder (SAD) and is more common than you might think. But what it is it? And how do you know if you have it? Generally, the winter blues refers to feeling more down, depressed, or tired than usual. It’s associated with this time of year because the days are darker, and the weather is colder. Some people can be grumpier and more irritable. Others may feel less energetic and be more pessimistic. It’s the depth of these feelings that can vary amongst people and for some, be cause for concern.
Tips to help avoid the blues:
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4 Stay warm. Avoiding coldness is one of the keys to staving o˜ ill health. Eat warm food. Consume warm drinks. Live in a warm house. Wear warm clothes and shoes.
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6 Keep the mind active. Do daily
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7 Eat healthily. Lots of fresh fruit
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8 Plan fun activities. A new
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