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LMGLM:2006.20

Summary: photograph, sepia, titled and dated 'Presentation of a New Zealand flag to the town of Lymington 19 Feb 1919', crowd, 21st Maori Contingent Pioneer Battalion troops, New Zealand Army Nursing service , Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, town officials, band etc in lower part of High Street, Lymington and Pennington, Hampshire outside Topp, butcherIdentification...

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Summary: photograph, sepia, titled and dated 'Presentation of a New Zealand flag to the town of Lymington 19 Feb 1919', crowd, 21st Maori Contingent Pioneer Battalion troops, New Zealand Army Nursing service , Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, town officials, band etc in lower part of High Street, Lymington and Pennington, Hampshire outside Topp, butcher

Identification note: the NZ troops are wearing lemon sqeezer hats and are part of the NZ expeditionary force. The troops would have been convalecing post war and this would be prior to repatriation.

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