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Lieutenant-Commander William Sanders

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Lieutenant-Commander William Sanders

William Sanders commanded a Royal Navy submarine-decoy vessel in the First World War and became the only New Zealander to earn the Victoria Cross in a naval action. This colourful image is a postwar cigarette-card portrait of Sanders. 

Credit

Damien Fenton collection

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Lieutenant-Commander William Sanders, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/lieutenant-commander-william-sanders, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated