Battle of Beersheba Centenary

The New Zealand Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant General Tim Keating talks about New Zealand’s involvement in the 1916-1918 Sinai-Palestine campaign and the centenary commemorations in Israel on 31 October 2017. To learn more about the New Zealand’s involvement in the Sinai-Palestine campaign of the First World War, visit www.nzhistory.govt.nz/war/sinai-campaign and www.nzhistory.govt.nz/palestine-campaign. For more detail about the centenary commemorations in Israel, visit www.ww100.govt.nz/Beersheba. Historical imagery courtesy of Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision www.ngataonga.org.nz and National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa www.natlib.govt.nz