In the annals of military history, the World War I battle of Passchendaele is recorded as New Zealand’s worst military disaster.
In just a few short hours on a miserable Belgian morning, more than 1000 New Zealand soldiers were killed and a further 2000 were wounded in an attack on the German front line.
This happened October 12, 1917. Lest we forget.
Arthur Moore, Pakuranga
