For both WWI and WWII young men in both countries rushed to volunteer to fight for King and Country (England) ...
lots of brothers in that bunch ...in my own family 7 brothers went to WWI 3 died 2 came back wounded...
WWII 6 of my mothers brothers...1 died in Italy...some sisters joined the NZ WACs...several of my fathers brothers...Dad was rejected because he was already married in 1939 and then later when they accepted married men he already had children...his youngest brother age 14 tried to enlist in NZ ...when Nana wouldnt sign for him he went to Aussie and enlisted there another another name...
Vietnam... Several of my cousins fought in Vietnam and girl cousins were in the NZ Air Force..my brother was in the RNZN patrolling the China Sea..
I joined the USAF...
To this day the most important group to belong to in NZ is the RSA...Returned Servicemen’s Association...
Thanks for sharing. Your family obviously did their patriotic best.