6. How We Remember

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How New Zealand in general and Wellington College in particular remember its dead from World War One

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Wellington College and the

First World War

In Memoriam – Wellington College

Opening of the Wellington College Memorial Hall, 1928

The Wellingtonian, War Number, 1919

1919 Old Boys’ Day

1919 Old Boys’ Day

Medals Tally

55 MCs 13 DSOs 12 Corix De Guerre 25 MMs

Brigadier General Bernard Freyberg VC

“My right arm is gone, but after all it has been worthwhile for did not our side win and win handsomely?”

W Perry, January, 1919

Oscar and Victor Gallie Scholarship

Oscar Gallie gained a DSO and the MC before he was killed in action on 9 December 1917; his brother, Victor (inset), an equally brave soldier, did not long survive the war

ANZAC Assembly

[See SV for DVD, if you would like to show a brief clip of the 2007 ANZAC assembly]

History Study Tours

In Memoriam – New Zealand

Tyn Cot Cemetery – NZ Memorial

2004 – NZ’s Unknown Warrior

NZ Memorial – Chunuk Bair

NZ Memorial - Messines

Dawn Service - Wellington

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