Half a world away
Subtitle: Eastbourne in wartime 1899-1928
By: by Julia Stuart ; edited by Alison Carew ; photography by Malcolm Burdan
Publisher: Eastbourne Memorial RSA
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Eastbourne, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780473367763
Subjects: South African War, 1899-1902; World War, 1914-1918; New Zealand Participation; History
Description: "This is the story of three decades, two wars and one community whose families were separated by military conflict during the early twentieth century. While its focus is the eastern bays of Wellington Harbour, the story is typical of all small New Zealand communites whose sons and daughters served in the Boer War or Word War 1. Drawing on national and local archives, published war histories, contemporary music and art, and family collections, it provides a moving, revealing and colourful account of a momentous time in New Zealand's history." -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: 1. The Boer War; title: 2. Bright days, distant thunder; title: 3. The reality of war; title: 4. Dardanelles diary; title: 5. Five horsemen in the Desert War; title: 6. Home fires: Ngā ahi kā; title: 7. Medicine men and women; title: 8. Taumaru and the Bell family; title: 9. Other fronts, other uniforms; title: 10. Security and dissent; title: 11. Eastbourne in Europe; title: 12. Recovering; title: 13. Remembering; title: Afterword: An Eastbourne family.; title: Appendix 1: Roll of Honour: Eastbourne deaths in World War I; title: Appendix 2: Honours and decorations awarded to Eastbourne men and women for service during World war I; title: Appendix 3: World War I service records of Eastbourne residents and people with links to Eastbourne, and of others mentioned in the text.