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Soldier• In 1917, he joined the NZ
Expeditionary Force (army) and was sent to France to fight in WWI
Training
• He spent several months in Featherston learning to be a soldier – getting fit, learning how to use a rifle and bayonet
Getting there
• TSS Ulimaroa troop ship. He helped in the kitchen.• They went through Panama Canal and stopped in NYC.
More training
• In England, the soldiers did more training with rifles, bayonets, marching, and getting fit (drills)• Grandad James
was a very good shooter
More training
• After 2 months, they were sent to France• He learned how
to use a machine gun and did more practice with rifle and bayonet
Friends
• On his day off, Grandad James went to a village and had his photo taken with his friend William Heffron• Heffron was killed
a few weeks later at the Battle of Le Quesnoy
Going “up the line”
• He fought in Battle of Somme• In the trenches• Digging, filling
sandbags, lookout duty, carrying water and duckboards, getting firewood
Lewis gun instructor• Because he was very
good a shooting, he taught other soldiers how to use the machine gun• He helped carry dead
and wounded soldiers and avoided bullets and shells himself• Mostly very cold and
wet in trenches
Last battle – Le Quesnoy• NZ soldiers helped to
take walled village of LeQuesnoy back from Germans• Grandad’s friend
Heffron was wounded then died
The war is over• After peace signed,
they walked through France, Belgium to Germany• It took 3 weeks• They saw all the
ruined villages• Stayed with local
people• Stayed in Germany
for 2 months before going home