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New Zealand soldier-mountaineers in the First World War

A number of prominent New Zealand mountaineers were involved in the First World War, with mountains and other features in the South Island named after them.

In this section I roto i tēnei wāhanga

  • Mountaineers who died during service

    David John Albert (Bert) Lyttle, Bernard Head, James (Jim) Dennistoun, Arthur Talbot, Bernard Tennent and John (Jack) Robert Murrell.
  • Mountaineers who served but returned from the war

    Alex Graham, Jack Clarke, Tom Fyfe, Alfred Fitchet (Alf) Grenfell, Robert Low, Malcolm Ross, George Moir, Ebeneezer Teichelmann and Hugh Francis (Frank) Wright.
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