This image shows the Aquitania in Wellington Harbour in 1940, when this Cunard White Star liner first visited New Zealand to load troops for the Middle East.
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any reuse of this image.
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'The Aquitania in Wellington Harbour', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/the-aquitania-wellington, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 20-Dec-2012
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David
Posted: 24 Jul 2012
I am aware that apart from the Maori Battalion a number of Royal Naval Volunteer Reservists were on board the Aquitania in 1940. Can anybody help me find out more about the Reservists, and anybody else who was in that convoy?
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