Safe haven : the untold story of New Zealand's largest ever military camp : Featherston, 1916-1919 / Neil Frances.

By:

Frances, Neil, 1951-

Contributor(s):

Wairarapa Archive

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Masterton, N.Z. : Wairarapa Archive in association with Fraser Books, 2012.Description: xii, 174 p., [5] p. of plates (1 folded) : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 x 26 cmISBN:

9780958261791 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

355.7099366 23

Summary: "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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand	Waimate Non-Fiction	355.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00607311

Includes bibliography (p. 168-169) and index.

"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.

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