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Memorial panel, Walton-on-Thames churchyard. Image courtesy of Darren Bayley, Walton-on-Thames.org, 2011.

Stories from the First World War: Soldiers commemorated at Walton-on-Thames

In my work as an intern with the History Department here at Te Papa, one of the objects I’ve had the opportunity to work on is a memorial banner commemorating New Zealand soldiers from the First World War. I have been working to add more detail to the museum’s recordsRead more

By: kierag1

On: 5 Sep 2011

In: Art, History

Wanted: loved ones

All we know about him is a name written on a glass negative: ‘Hart’. Ever since I first saw him I have kept his photograph on my wall. He has been the inspiration for many hours of image research for the World War I film that screens in Te Papa’s C20th history exhibition, Slice of Heaven. Using silent archiveRead more

By: Prue Donald

On: 28 Jun 2011

In: History, Photography

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