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Herdenking Nieuw-Zeeland / Commemoration New Zealand (Frank Mahieu) - Passendale - 12/10/2021
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Herdenking Nieuw-Zeeland / Commemoration New Zealand (Frank Mahieu) - Passendale - 12/10/2021
12/10/2021 - Passendale
at the New Zealand Memorial at 's Graventafel, Passchendaele, Belgium, a ceremony of remembrance was held today Oct. 12th. to commemorate the men from New Zealand who fell on New Zealand's Blackest Day, i.e. Oct. 12th 1917 in the attack at (the nearby) Bellevue Spur. The cost for them was very high: 843 New Zealanders were killed in just a few hours on the morning of the 12th of October 1917, many more wounded. LEST WE FORGET. The New Zealand Embassy was represented by Colonel Rian McKinstry. The mayor of Zonnebeke and the the Military Provincial Commander of West Flanders, amongst other were present too as were a number of people devoted to remembering the NZ fallen.
op 12 oktober werd bij het Nieuw Zeeland gedenkteken op 's Graventafel (Passendale) een ceremonie gehouden ter herdenking van Nieuw Zeelands Zwartste Dagn nl. 12 oktobver 19178 toen de aanval bij Bellevu Spur werd uitgevoerd. De tol die Nieuw Zeelan,d hiervoor betaalde was hoog: 843 van hun mannen werden gedood in enkele luttele uren die ochtend van 12 oktober 1917 en nog veel meer soldaten werden gewond.
De Nieuw Zeelandse ambassade wersd vertegenwoordigd door Lt. Kol. Rian McKinstry. De burgemeester van Zonnebeke, de Miklitaire Proivinciecommandant van West Vlaanderen waren onder de aanwezigen alsook een aantal mensen die de herdenking van de Nieuw Zeelandse soldaten in het hart dragen.
page made by / pagina aangemaakt door Frank Mahieu Page made by Frank Mahieu.
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