Personal details
Full Name:
- James Allen
Lifetime:
- 10 Feb 1855–28 Jul 1942
Biography
As Minister of Defence from 1912 until 1920, James Allen was responsible for the organisation of New Zealand’s military forces during the First World War.
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Pacific aftermath
Participation in the First World War changed Pacific Islanders' lives. Returning servicemen had seen the world.
- Page 4 - NZ government acknowledgementDuring the 1920s, the contribution of the Cook Islands and Niue to the war effort was recognised in a number of ways, especially official visits, the building of monuments and the
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Main image: Wounded men return to Port Chalmers
Group of soldiers who returned on the hospital ship Marama in October 1916.
