TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frances,Neil
ED  - Wairarapa Archive.
TI  - Safe haven: the untold story of New Zealand's largest ever military camp : Featherston, 1916-1919 
SN  - 9780958261791 (pbk.) :
U1  - 355.7099366 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Masterton, N.Z.
PB  - Wairarapa Archive in association with Fraser Books
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Army
KW  - Facilities
KW  - History
KW  - Barracks and quarters
KW  - Military camps
KW  - Featherston
KW  - Military training camps
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Training of
KW  - Featherston Military Training Camp (N.Z.)
N1  - Includes bibliography (p. 168-169) and index
N2  - "The building of Featherston Military Camp in late 1915 transformed a stony paddock east of Featherston township in south Wairarapa into a ready-made barrack town which could house up to 8,000 raw soldiers. Volunteers and conscripts from all parts of the country came to Featherston, spending two to four months in training, our largest military base their temporary home before they left the safety of New Zealand to endure the heaviest casualties this country has suffered. ... Safe haven traces the life of Featherston Military Camp and the men who lived there. The camp left a legacy in buildings, photographs and the site itself, now quiet land alongside State Highway Two, east of Featherston"--Back cover
ER  -