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George Edmund Butler, Bellevue Ridge, November 1918

Ref: AAAC 898 NCWA 446

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Charcoal wash, 330 x 515mm
Western Front

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Fri, 09/11/2007 - 09:37 — Jamie Mackay (not verified)

The battle for Bellevue Spur

The battle for Bellevue Spur - better known as part of the Passchendaele offensive - was on 12 October 1917. In terms of lives lost in a single day, this remains the blackest day in New Zealand’s post-1840 existence..
Find out more on NZHistory.net.nz:
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/new-zealanders-in-belgium/passchendaele