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New Zealand soldiers taking part in Christmas celebrations, France (21046919744)

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New Zealand soldiers taking part in Christmas celebrations, France (21046919744)

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New Zealand soldiers at the counter of an army canteen in France during World War One, eating pieces of christmas cake and drinking coffee distributed free by the New Zealand YMCA on Christmas Day, 1917. Behind the counter, one soldier is handing out what looks to be chocolate (or a cigar) from a box labelled "Fry's Chocolate cakes". Photograph by Henry Armytage Sanders.
Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on negative -bottom left: H405.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Glass negative

New Zealand soldiers taking part in Christmas celebrations, France. Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918. Ref: 10x8-1764-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/22588986

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