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Auckland War Memorial Museum
New Zealand nurses on board SS Maheno, 1915

About the project

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This is a project page to increase visibility and diversify Aotearoa New Zealand war related content.

Utilising Auckland Museum's Online Cenotaph database, this project will have a collection of core focuses.

These will include:

  • Creating articles and subsequent wikidata items for service people from migrant backgrounds who fought for New Zealand.
  • Strengthening information surrounding women who served and supported the war effort.
  • Enriching content about New Zealand's involvement in The Borneo Confrontation 1963-1966.
  • Enriching content about New Zealand's engagement in Jayforce 1945-1948.
  • Enriching content about New Zealand's involvement in The Korean War 1950-1953.
  • Enriching content about New Zealand's involvement in The Malayan Emergency 1948-1960 and The Malaya War 1960-1964.
  • Enriching content about New Zealand's involvement in The South African War 1899-1902.
  • Enriching content about New Zealand's involvement in The Vietnam War 1961-1975.
  • Utilising Auckland Museum's collections of WWI Troopship Magazine
  • Enriching existing conflict pages with New Zealand info/involvement


Online Cenotaph

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Auckland War Memorial Museum's Online Cenotaph is a biographical database and living memorial to people who served for Aotearoa New Zealand in conflict. This project will utilise the extensive and ever-growing database to create, strengthen and diversify information about Aotearoa New Zealand's war history.

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