Salute to WWI tunnel team hits milestone

• Published date: 26 April 2024
• Publication title: New Zealand Herald, The (Auckland, New Zealand)

Former Prime Minister John Key helped lay the last of 271 symbolic decorative poppy tiles that line the tunnel walls, in memory of 2721 New Zealand fatalities in the Anzac campaign

The tunnel was named after the French town where the New Zealand Tunnelling Company dug huge networks of tunnels during World War I. About 300 Kiwi tunnellers dug over 4000m of tunnels that could accommodate up to 25,000 men. They were outfitted with electric lights, running water, kitchens, latrines and a...