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New Zealand troops training for the attack on Messines, St Omer, May 1917. Men of a light trench mortar battery carry a Stokes Mortar tube (fourth from left) and its tripod (fifth from left). Generals Godley and Russell inspected the training and addressed the New Zealand officers and NCOs before the battle.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PA-f-093-05-4
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