Rabbits
A DigitalNZ Story by Courtney Johnston
This image of the convalescent soldiers and the rabbit hutches has been a favourite for years. I still remember the slight shock I experienced when the phrase 'live rations' sunk in.
soldiers, amputees, live rations, pests, hunting, shooting, fluffy bunnies
A rabbit hutch at Hornchurch Convalescent Camp, World War I
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Rabbit hunters
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Rabbit skins
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Rabbit skins
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Rabbit shooting party
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Grading rabbit skins
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Rabbit hunters at camp
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Baby rabbits in a cage
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Rabbit hunting on the Otago Central Railway
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Rabbit hunters, probably Christchurch district
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Large white rabbit on a box
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Last day sale of fresh Blenheim rabbits
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School boys hanging out rabbit skins to dry, at Petone
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Rabbit farm at the Walton-on-Thames Hospital, World War I
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Men at their camp site displaying a catch of rabbits and fish
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A rabbiter setting a trap at Lustleigh, World War I
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Creator unknown :Photograph of rabbit pelts in store awaiting sale
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Boy and Aubrey Whitcombe, after rabbit hunting, Catlins River, Otago
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Three unidentified hunters, with dead rabbits in front of them, Catlins, Otago
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World War I amputees with rabbits at the Walton-on-Thames Hospital, England
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William Williams on a railway jigger, rabbit hunting in Otago
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Machine gunner W Ballock with pet rabbit Saieda, Libya - Photograph taken by H Paton
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