Passchendaele commemorations

  • <span class="title">Passchendaele commemorations</span><br/>The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, and Mrs Susan Satyanand, represented New Zealand at the 90th anniversary commemorations in Belgium of the Battle of Passchendaele. As a part of the commemorations on July 12, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Paola of Belgium officially opened a visitors centre at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world. The Governor-General is pictured viewing the New Zealand Apse at Tyne Cot. Photo: Di Mackey
  • <span class="title">Passchendaele commemorations</span><br/>The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, and Mrs Susan Satyanand, represented New Zealand at the 90th anniversary commemorations in Belgium of the Battle of Passchendaele. As a part of the commemorations on July 12, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Paola of Belgium officially opened a visitors centre at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in the world. On July 13, the Governor-General and Mrs Satyanand visited the New Zealand Memorial at Mesen. The Governor-General, with his Aide de Camp, Captain Matthew Jahnke RNZAC immediately behind him, is pictured laying a wreath at the memorial. Photo: Di Mackey

The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, and Mrs Susan Satyanand, represented New Zealand at the 90th anniversary commemorations in Belgium of the Battle of Passchendaele in July 2007.