2014 marks the 100th year anniversary of the start of World War 1. My family sent five brave men off to Europe to serve with the allied forces and lost all of them.
New Zealand had a population of just one million back then and ten percent of our population went off to war. That's a massive contribution. Unfortunately, around 18 000 of the approximately 100 000 servicemen who left for the war from New Zealand were killed in action or died as a result of wounds. This blog is my way of honouring the sacrifice that was made by all soldiers, and in particular, acknowledging what my great-uncles did to ensure I live in peace and safety.
I choose to remember.
The stories on this blog are a memorial to my fifteen courageous great uncles who bravely served with New Zealand's forces during The Great War, 1914-1918. Lest we forget.
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