Passchendaele Commemorations 2012 Gallery
Posted on November 14th, 2012
A DVD of the Commemoration Service of the 95th Anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele at the Auckland War Memorial Museum on the 12th October 2012 is available for a cost of $15 (postage and packaging inclusive). Please contact the Hon Secretary at passchendaelesociety@clear.net.nz
Please note this is a live recording and the sound is variable, there is an accompanying booklet that gives the text of the speeches and readings.
- Catafalque Guard
- Catafalque Guard
- The Band of the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery
- Mr Roy Clare, Director Auckland War Memorial Museum & Hon Nathan Guy MP
- Members of the public in the First World War Hall of Memories
- From the right in the front row are Alice Fowlds, Ruben Ross, and Passchendaele Bristow, winners of the Suburban Newspapers’ Passchendaele Tribute Competition
- Members of the public at the commemoration
- Lt Col Christopher Powell ED, RNZIR, Commanding Officer 3rd Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) & Northland Battalion
- The representatives of the NZDF saluting during the playing of the New Zealand National Anthem. From left to right: WGCDR Michael Lefebvre RNZAF, GPCAPT Kevin McEvoy RNZAF, CDR Geoffrey Rice RNZN, and LTCOL Christopher Powell ED, NZ Army.
- Minister of Veterans’ Affairs, The Honourable Mr. Nathan Guy
- Hon Phil Goff MP
- The Lone Piper, Pipe Sgt John Graham
- RSA & Regt Assn Representatives lay wreaths
- The representatives of the NZDF lay wreaths
- Iain MacKenzie, President, The Passchendaele Society
- Professor Glyn Harper Lt Col (Retd.) QSM
- The Last Post sounded by Sgt Doug Rose
- Master of Ceremonies Mr Bob Davis, Hon Secretary, The Passchendaele Society and CDTWO Callum Hill, ATC NZCF
- The winner of the ”Why don’t we Remember The Battle of Passchendaele’ competition, Nathan Garry (right), of Dunstan High School, is presented with his award by Minister of Veterans’ Affairs, the Hon Mr Nathan Guy MP (left).
Our thanks to Photographic Flight, RNZAF Base Auckland for these photographs.