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New Zealand 'blue boys' from Ward 7, No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, prepare for a snow fight, 3 April 1917. 'You would get a surprise', Bill Malcolm told his family, 'if you saw me now rigged out in a suit of blues, white shirt and collar and red tie. Some kid.' This uniform was worn by servicemen convalescing in England to distinguish them from civilians and able-bodied soldiers.
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National Army Musum of New Zealand Te Mata Toa
Accession No: 1992.1156.1