File:New Zealand soldiers with the 'Cannibals Paradise' sign in World War I, France (21067364683).jpg

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English: Four World War I New Zealand soldiers in a front line trench pose beneath the sign 'The Cannibals Paradise Supply Den Beware' painted on corrugated iron in response to German propaganda that New Zealanders ate their captured prisoners. (Soldier 2nd from left may be Ted Brosnahan) Also on the trench wall is an official wooden sign 'Keep to the Trench'. Beneath this has been added another wooden sign with the message painted in capital letters 'And youl [sic] get to NZ'. Photograph taken Gommecourt Wood 10 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders.

Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on negative -bottom left: H883.
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Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4 x 5 inches

New Zealand soldiers with the 'Cannibals Paradise' sign in World War I, France. Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918. Ref: 1/2-013460-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/22756079
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