World War 1 Resources
Troops on Main Road North
Main Road, which ran from Silverstream, through Upper Hutt township, up to Kaitoke, would often have been made use of for training manoeuvres by troops stationed at camps in the area. These two photographs show both infantry and mounted troops making use of a stretch of the road below Cruickshank Road, heading north. This area is now a densely housed residential suburb but was then rural farmland.
Mounted troops during the Great War [P5-69-771]; Upper Hutt Public Library Collection; Photographer unknown.
Main Road North, Photo 1. Mounted troops from Trentham camp on a training exercise, c.1917. Information supplied with this picture indicates that they are heading out of town on Main Road North and the picture has been taken as they are approaching Cruickshank Road.
