Post #744702 by tikilongbeach on Fri, Jun 12, 2015 8:15 AM

From the National Library of New Zealand photo archives.

A New Zealand military truck after crossing the Sangro River, Italy. C H Lawrence (Auckland) and F Ross (Auckland) are on the front of the truck, with another man behind the wheel. A large stylised tiki, carved out of wood, is tied to the radiator grill. Photograph taken circa 29 nov 1943, by G Kaye.

Two New Zealand soldiers on the Tiki Bridge, one of the Bailey bridges built by NZ Engineers across the Sangro River in Italy, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 3 December 1943 by George Frederick Kaye.

Four World War I New Zealand soldiers in a front line trench pose beneath the sign 'The Cannibals Paradise Supply Den Beware' painted on corrugated iron in response to German propaganda that New Zealanders ate their captured prisoners. (Soldier 2nd from left may be Ted Brosnahan) Also on the trench wall is an official wooden sign 'Keep to the Trench'. Beneath this has been added another wooden sign with the message painted in capital letters 'And youl [sic] get to NZ'. Photograph taken Gommecourt Wood 10 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.