August Sander (1876 - 1964)

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Artillery column transporting 18 pounder guns moving along a road towards the Western Front. Photograph taken 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on negative -bottom l More

A team of the 2nd Field Ambulance inside a makeshift hospital during World War I. Photograph taken between 1917 and 1918 in France by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on ne More

A 5.9 shell bursts close to the New Zealand reserve line, during World War I, causing a large cloud. Photograph taken near Courcelles, France, 4 May 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Pho More

Shows horses pulling a sixty pounder gun through the captured French village of Bertincourt during World War I. A damaged building on the roadside has the name 'Bertincourt' painted on it. Photograph taken 8 Se More

A badly damaged windmill that has withstood repeated shelling in World War I France. Also a familiar landmark to New Zealand troops. Photograph taken near Courcelles 31 May 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscr More

A badly shelled and scarred French village (unidentified) just behind the lines in World War I. View looking over a road at the ruins of brick buildings and houses. A soldier drives a cart down the road. Photog More

A brass band playing at the New Zealand Rifle Brigade camp close to the line near Ypres during World War I. Soldiers are sitting on sandbags and listening. Photograph taken 19 September 1917 by Henry Armytage S More

The remains of a bridge spanning rail tracks that was blown up by retreating German troops in World War I. Photograph taken near Solesmes, France 30 October 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscrib More

View of the wooden bridge built by New Zealand Engineers in France towards the end of World War I. Soldiers are standing on the bridge looking towards the camera. Horse transport passes behind them. Photograph More

A British 9.2 inch rail gun firing in the New Zealand sector during World War I in Coigneux, France. Photograph taken 30 April 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on n More

A British 9.2 inch rail gun firing in the New Zealand sector during World War I in Coigneux, France. Also shows several military onlookers as well as the gun crew. Photograph taken 30 April 1918 by Henry Armyta More

A distant view of a British 9.2 inch rail gun firing in the New Zealand sector during World War I in Coigneux, France. Also shows railway tracks stacked beside the existing line. Photograph taken 30 April 1918 More

A building occupied by a New Zealand army padre and soldiers damaged by a German shell during World War I. The occupants escaped injury. Photograph taken Bertrancourt 30 April 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. In More

A shoesmith of the 2nd Canterbury Regiment shoeing mules at a bilet in the small village of Quesques? in France. Photograph taken 25 October 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographe More

A close finish of a swimming race at the New Zealand Division water sports in France during World War I. The swimmers are watched by soldiers on a bank above. Photograph taken 7 July 1917 by Henry Armytage Sand More

The cobblers 'shop' set up by a New Zealand machine gun company near Bus-les-Artois, France, during World War I. Photograph taken 21 April 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer' More

A group portrait of a company of a Wellington Regiment in France during World War I. The men are sitting in rows on a bank. Photograph taken Longsart 14 October 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Ins More

A group portrait of a company of a Wellington Regiment in France during World War I. The men are sitting in rows on a bank. Photograph taken Longsart 14 October 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Ins More

A group portrait of a company of a Wellington Regiment in France during World War I. The men are sitting in rows on a bank. Photograph taken Longsart 14 October 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Ins More

A group portrait of a company (not identified) of a Wellington Regiment in France during World War I. The men are sitting in rows on a bank. Photograph taken Longsart 14 October 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. More

A competing band marches out playing at the New Zealand Band Contest held during World War I. Photograph taken Authie, France, 27 July 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's ti More

A general view of the vast training ground of a New Zealand entrenching group where troops are instructed in all categories of physical combat. Soldiers in the foreground are seated around machine guns. Beyond, More

A crowd of World War One soldiers watching two boxers sparring in a ring, during a boxing match at the New Zealand Divisional Sports at Authie, France. Photographed by Henry Armytage Sanders on 27 June 1918. In More

A German soldier lays dead in a shell hole during the attack on Grevillers, France during World War I. Photograph taken 24 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title o More

Looking towards an abandoned concrete German observation and machine gun post known as 'The Tower' on the Western Front. Mounds of earth and debris occupy the foreground. Photograph taken 27 November 1917 by He More

"The Tower"- a destroyed German machine gun emplacement and observation post made of concrete. Photograph taken 27 November 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on nega More

A general view of the dressing station at Le Bizet, on the French border. An ambulance and a cart carrying medical supplies are parked outside the sandbagged buildings. Photograph taken 1918 by Henry Armytage S More

A soldier falls as his horse misses a fence during a New Zealand army horse jumping event, Courcelles, France, during World War I. Photograph taken 3 June 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed More

Fighting in the ring at the Divisional boxing championships in Doulieu, France. Long view showing the boxing ring, judges and spectators. Photograph taken 6 or 10 July 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptio More

A French general inspects French veteran soldiers (in civilian clothing) taking part in the Fete National celebrations held in Hazebrouck, France during World War I. The general is accompanied by an Archbishop? More

A general view of the French town of Bapaume taken within an hour of New Zealand troops entering it. Shows the huge amount of destruction caused during the heavy fighting there in World War I. Photograph taken More

Two New Zealand soldiers lead horses past the destroyed tracks of a light German railway near Serre, France, in World War I. Photograph taken 21 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - More

The German medical officer, Lt Schnelling of the 14th Bavarian Regiment, who was detailed to attend the German wounded and who came to a New Zealand Ambulance near the front line. Schnelling, left, is pictured More

A German artillery shell bursts over a French orchard near Bertrancourt on the Somme. Photograph taken 11 May 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on negative -bottom r More

A German artillery shell bursts in the distance over a French orchard near Bertrancourt. Photograph taken 11 May 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on negative -botto More

A horse and rider clear a jump in the jumping competition at the Anzac Horse Show during World War I. Photograph taken France 15 September 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer' More

A horse and rider approach a jump in the jumping competition at the Anzac Horse Show during World War I. Photograph taken France 15 September 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photograph More

A horse and rider clear a jump at the New Zealand Infantry Brigade horse show, Vaucelles, during World War I. Photograph taken 20 May 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's tit More

A heavy howitzer with a gun crew in support action of New Zealand troops at the Front in Bus-les-Artois on the Somme. Photograph taken l6 April 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photogra More

A horse and rider clear a jump at the New Zealand Infantry Brigade horse show, Vaucelles during World War I. Photograph taken 20 May 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's titl More

A soldier lies on the canvas during a boxing match at the Divisional championships at Doulieu in France during World War I. Photograph taken 6 or 10 July 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed More

A lesson on the map for infantry observers. Photograph taken 11 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - A lesson on the map for infantry observers. Pas 11/8/18 (Transcribed from back of More

New Zealand soldiers using a Lewis machine gun in the front line during World War I. Photograph taken in the Messines Sector, Belgium, May 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer' More

A New Zealand machine gun placed on the edge of a cornfield near Colincamps, France in World War I. Two helmeted gunners are sitting at the weapon just visible above the corn. One soldier's hands are on the gun More

A lorry nicknamed a 'Buckshee 'Mac' provides a canteen service to soldiers at the Anzac Horse Show during World War I. A row of mugs is visible on a shelf along one side of the vehicle. An Australian flag flies More

A mule finds difficulty in moving through the heavily muddy ground at Kansas Farm near the front line on the Ypres Salient in World World I. Shows the discarded artillery shells nearby and a soldier trying to h More

Shows a New Zealand gun crew about to load a shell into an eighteen pound gun during action at Beaussart, France. Photograph taken 23 May 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's More

A French woman sits next to a New Zealand soldier on a horse-drawn wagon packed with household furniture and belongings during World War I. They are shown outside a house (hers?) in a street in Bus-les-Artois t More

A New Zealand artillery gun 'Alice' employed in the Battle of Messines, World War I. Photograph taken 8 June 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on negative -bottom le More

Group portrait of part of a New Zealand battalion that fought successfully at the Battle of Messines, Belgium during World War I. Photograph taken probably France in June 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscrip More

A view over recaptured Bapaume, France, showing a column of troops from a New Zealand Battalion moving towards the camera. Two ambulances can been seen in the background. Also visible is the damage to the town More

A view from the rear of a New Zealand Battalion passing through recaptured Bapaume in France. Shows a horse- drawn ambulance behind a column of troops mostly on foot moving down a road. A few men are mounted an More

A general view of troops from a New Zealand Battalion walking (towards the camera) along a road in recaptured Bapaume during World War I. Army lorries travel on the other side of the road. Also visible is the d More

A general view of the corner approaching the French village of Achiet Le Petit recently captured from the Germans. Shows ruins of buildings and New Zealand soldiers advancing by wagon and on foot. Photograph ta More

A New Zealand Battery moving into a forward position during World War I in France. Shows teams of horses pulling wagons of equipment over ground pitted with shell holes. Photograph taken Grevillers 24 August 19 More

A priest speaking to soldiers sitting on the ground at a New Zealand Brigade church service attended by the Corps Commander and Divisional General (in the middle ground). A small dog (mascot?) is also visible o More

A distant view of a church service being conducted for a New Zealand Brigade and attended by the Corps Commander and Divisional General. Photograph taken Sapignies, France, 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sa More

A priest speaking to soldiers, who are sitting on the ground, at a New Zealand Brigade church service in Sapignies, France, during World War I. Photograph taken 8 September 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscr More

A general view of a New Zealand Brigade's headquarters at Hooge Crater on the Ypres Salient in World War I. Shows the extensive use of wooden duckboard pathways as well as the sandbagging of walls. A pile of st More

A distant view of a New Zealand Brigade church service at which the Corps Commander and Divisional General are present. View looking past the priests towards the officers and men. Photograph taken Sapignies, Fr More

A New Zealand brigadier general addressing his officers at the conclusion of a field day held near Bus-les-Artois on the Somme during World War I. Photograph taken 11 May 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscrip More

A New Zealand Brigadier General talks with New Zealand Charles Earle (left) and Robert Mundie Hacket about the war situation. He is standing on wooden duckboard covered with wire. Army huts can be seen in the b More

A dentist from the New Zealand Dental Corps carrying out a dental inspection on a patient in the operating room of the Corps dental hospital in Nielles, France, during World War I. Photograph taken November 191 More

Portrait of a World War I New Zealand Divisional staff officer in full army uniform standing on steps outside of a building. He has been identified as the Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General. Photograp More

Portrait of a World War I New Zealand Divisional staff officer in full army uniform seated in a wicker chair. He is identified as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Maitland Wilson, known as Jumbo Wilson. Photograph take More

New Zealand soldiers outside a Divisional YMCA building in an orchard on the Somme not far from the front line. Photograph taken Bertrancourt 16 April 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - P More

A New Zealand dressing station near the front line during World War I. Shows wounded soldiers being made comfortable on stretchers as their comrades look on. Photograph taken Grevillers 24 August 1918 by Henry More

A New Zealand Engineer pictured in a tree mending signal lines broken by shell fire near the line. Photograph taken Colincamps 6 April 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's ti More

A New Zealand Field Ambulance corps established in a wood near Bus-les-Artois, France. Shows camoufaged tents under the trees. Photograph taken 11 May 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Quantity: 1 b&w original ne More

A general view of a New Zealand Field Ambulance stationed in France during World War I. (Exact location unidentified) Ruined buildings can be seen. A number of iron shelters are visible along with army huts. An More

A World War I New Zealand Field Ambulance corps established in a wood near Bus-les-Artois, France, not far from the front lines. A red cross flag flies from a flagpole at the camp. Photograph taken 11 May 1918 More

A camouflaged New Zealand artillery gun in an emplacement at the Battle of Messines in World War I. The gun is largely hidden under trees and netting. The crew sit nearby. Stacked artillery shells can be seen. More

Soldiers of a New Zealand howitzer battery sit on a bank to eat lunch during a march in World War I. Photograph taken near Lumbres, France, 15 May 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photo More

A group portrait of a New Zealand machine gun company that was one of the first through Messines during World War I. Photograph taken June 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer' More

A New Zealand officer and his horse clearing a jump to win the jumping competition at the Anzac Horse Show during World War I. Photograph taken France 15 September 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: More

The Padre of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade operating a makeshift wayside canteen for soldiers in the front line. Shows him handing a cake to a soldier. Stretchers are prominent in the right foreground. Photogra More

Group portrait of a World War I raiding party of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade and the weapons they captured, including thirteen machine guns. Photograph taken Couin, France, 27 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sa More

Group portrait of a World War I raiding party of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade and the German weapons they captured, including thirteen machine guns. Photograph taken Couin, France. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Ph More

A World War I New Zealand soldier gives a local resident, identified as Mr F. Perani a message by bicycle. An ambulance is parked in the background. Photograph taken Grevillers 4 September 1918 by Henry Armytag More

A World War I New Zealand soldier standing at a wooden table washing his clothes in a large bowl. Photograph taken at Chateau Segard, near Dickebusch in late 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscri More

A New Zealand soldier drinking from a bucket of well water in the ruins of the French village of Puisieux. Another soldier looks on. Apart from the well which remains functioning, everything else has been destr More

A New Zealand soldier, or 'Digger', sitting in a funk hole of a trench recently captured from the Germans. The soldier is reading a New Zealand newspaper. A rifle lies on the grass above. Photograph taken Puisi More

A World War I New Zealand soldier with tame magpies named Jerry and Mother. One bird is feeding from a container and the other is standing on top of the cage. The soldier is kneeling beside the cage that is a w More

Looking down onto a New Zealand trench mortar battery on the Somme near Colincamps in World War I. Shows soldiers behind the gun in its timber reinforced and sandbagged emplacement. Photograph taken 15 April 19 More

A New Zealand working party walks through the village of Courcelles. Each soldier carries a shovel over his shoulder. Photograph taken 1 April 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photograp More

A race in progress at the New Zealand Division sports day in France, during World War I, 8 Jul 1917 Reference number: 1/2-012835-G Photographer: Henry Armytage Sanders Original negative Royal New Zealand Return More

Soldiers in a swimming race at the New Zealand Division water sports in France during World War I. Photograph taken 7 July 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on negat More

Shows three entrants racing in an event at the New Zealand Division water sports in France during World War I. Photograph taken 7 July 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's ti More

A New Zealand ration party makes its way over bombed ground to troops at the front line during World War I. Photograph taken Gommecourt Wood 10 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - P More

Stretcher bearers carry a wounded soldier to the patients' entrance of the regimental aid post, Warneton during World War I. Men and officers look on. Photograph taken 25 August 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. More

A group portrait of New Zealand Riflemen, one of the first through Bapaume, standing in the doorway of a ruined house on the outskirts of the town. Photograph taken 29 August 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Ins More

A shell bursts close to New Zealand soldiers during the Battle of Messines Ridge in World War I. Photograph taken near Bailleul, France 14 June 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative( More

A tall tree shelled by German artillery collapsed onto a New Zealand army hut near the Western Front during World War I. Athough much of the hut was destroyed no lives were lost. Photograph taken probably Franc More

A New Zealand signaller sitting on the roof of his dugout using a field telephone. Photograph taken near Colincamps 15 April 1918 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Inscribed - Photographer's title on neg More

A German sniper's post in the outskirts of Bapaume shown after the New Zealanders entered the town. Pictured is a tall brick building next to a damaged house with most of its roof blown off. A large pile of bri More

A New Zealand soldier undergoing a dental extraction at the New Zealand Dental Corps hospital in Nielles, France, during World War I. Photograph taken November 1917 by Henry Armytage Sanders. Inscriptions: Insc More

A view of Bapaume taken on the day of its capture. Shows two soldiers walking down a street past completely ruined buildings. The sign 'Bapaume' is prominent on the pitted wall, on the left. Photograph taken 29 More