PHOTOS: Passchendaele 100 years on

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1/9 Soldiers in the Trenches during the Battle of Passchendaele on November 1, 1917.
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2/9 Kate Thomas and her father Jim Kiesanowski with a photograph of her grandfather Morris Crimmins and her great uncle John Patrick (sitting) killed in action
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3/9 The Memorial Wall for the Battle of Passchendaele at Tyne Cot Cemetery
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4/9 Canadian soldiers wounded at the Second Battle of Passchendaele
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5/9 Dawn rising on muddy, horrific battlefield of Passchendaele
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6/9 Canadians Wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele
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7/9 British Mark IV tank stuck in the mud following combat at St. Julien, Belgium
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8/9 British Soldiers in destroyed trench during Battle Of Menin Road waiting order to attack.
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9/9 Stretcher bearers struggle in mud up to their knees to carry a wounded man to safety near Boesinghe
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Freedom isn't free.

Those were the words hundreds of gatherers heard on the Field of Remembrance at the Auckland War Memorial Museum as the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele was commemorated.

Many people around the country have attended ceremonies to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the battle of Passchendaele.

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