New Zealand - The funeral of Brigadier General Johnston killed in 1917 - Brigadier generals carrying the coffin at the funeral of Brigadier General Francis Earl Johnston killed during World War I. Behind them walk fellow officers. They are passing two rows of crosses in the foreground. - Photograph taken France 18 August 1917 - By Henry Armytage Sanders Quick facts and figures about World War 1 - The total population of New Zealand in 1914 was approximately 1.1 million - Almost 100,000 New Zealanders served overseas in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) - More than 2200 Māori and around 500 Pacific Islanders served overseas with the New Zealand forces - 11 Victoria Crosses were awarded to soldiers serving with New Zealand forces - Several thousand New Zealanders served in the Australian or British imperial forces, being awarded a further five Victoria Crosses - In all, 550 nurses served overseas with the New Zealand Army Nursing Service, while others enlisted in the United Kingdom - Around 18,000 New Zealanders died in or because of the war, and there were 41,000 instances of wounding or illness; 2779 died at Gallipoli and more than 12,000 on the Western Front - The names of those who died are recorded on approximately 500 civic war memorials throughout New Zealand (https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/first-world-war-overview/introduction) Image source: The funeral of Brigadier General Johnston killed in 1917. Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918. Ref: 1/2-012893-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. natlib.govt.nz/records/22438082