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Two New Zealand soldiers on leave after the Second World War take a sightseeing trip on Venice's Grand Canal. Santa Maria della Salute church is visible behind O M McKinnon (left) and R J A McLeod in the gondola.
Because of the limited availability of shipping after the war, demobilising New Zealand's forces in Italy was a slow process that was not completed until February 1946.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: DA-08416-F
Photographer: J Short
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
