Monthly Military History Presentations

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2024

22 October (EPLP) – “NZ Forces into Samoa in the First World War, in 1914”, by LTCOL DR Peter Wood, ONZM, RNZIR, Director of the NZ Wars Study Centre, NZDC

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10 October (MMMHP) – NZ Land Wars Month – “The Battle for Orakau”, by LTCOL (Rtd) Dr Cliff Simons, ED

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12 September (MMMHP) – “70th Anniversary of RNZN Support to the Borneo/Malaysia Conflict”, by CDR (Rtd) Richard Jackson, RNZN

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27 August (EPLP) – “Operation DRAGOON – Second D-Day into France in August 1944”, by Dennis O’Rourke, RNZN and NZ Police (Rtd)

 

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21 August  – Book launch: Adam Claasen’s “Grid: the life and times of First World War fighter ace Keith Caldwell”

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8 August (MMMHP) – “30th Anniversary of UNPROFOR and the Bosnian Conflict”, by BRIG (Rtd) Jon Broadley, MBE, Colonel Commandant, Royal NZ Army Logistics Regiment (RNZALR)

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11 July “The 80th Anniversary of the D-Day (Normandy) Landings in France”, by RADM (Rtd) David Ledson, former Chief of the RNZN

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25 June (EPLP) – “The 80th Anniversary of the RNZAF Flying Boats and other aircraft of 5 Sqn, RNZAF”, by GPCAPT (Rtd) Rick Bulger and SQNLDR (Rtd) Hugh Francis, RNZAF

 

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13 June “The 25th Anniversary of the East Timor/Timor L’este Conflict”, by LTCOL Martin Dransfield, ONZM, RNZIR Waitangi Tribunal Project Director, Army General Staff, NZDF


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9 May “The 60th Anniversary of Konfrontasi – the Borneo/Malaysia Conflict”, by WO1 (Rtd) Dave Hayward, MBE, MSM, RNZIR, 4th Sergeant Major of the NZ Army

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24 April EPLP “The 160th Anniversary of QAMR”, by LTCOL Jacob Murray, RNZIR, Commanding Officer, Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifle (QAMR), Linton Military Camp.


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11 April (MMMHP) – The Royal NZ Army Medical Corps and Awapuni Medical Memorial, by Deployable Health Organisation, Joint Services Group, NZDF (Linton Camp). “Preparing Medics for the War: WW1 to the Present Day” Maj Andrew Brookes, XO DHO, RNZAMC.

Click to access RNZAMC-Awapuni-Presentation-002.pdf

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26 Mar (EPLP) – “(BRIG) Sir Geoffrey Peren: His Lifelong Connection with the Land”, by LTCOL DR Peter Wood, ONZM

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14 Mar “The 80th Anniversary of the Battle for Cassino” (Feb-Mar 1944), by LTCOL (Rtd) Dr Glyn Harper, QSM


Original powerpoint (Slide 7 image was modified for website display above.)

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8 Feb “28th Maori Battalion” in the Second World War and the “75th Anniversary of the song “Blue Smoke” release, by Ruma Karaitiana, Rangitane

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“Blue Smoke” song

 

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