Hundreds gathered at the Pukeahu National War Memorial in Wellington yesterday to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele. The battle claimed the lives of more than 800 New Zealand soldiers and wounded nearly two thousand - the highest casualty rate in New Zealand's military history in one day. One hundred years on the devastating loss was remembered and mourned by the Wellington community.
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