Starnews.co.nz continues the daily dip into our photo archives of Christchurch from yesteryear.
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force Band march along Cashel St in 1942.
Workmen dig trenches in Latimer Square in 1941. The shelters were intended to provide a safe space during any possible air raids on Christchurch during World War 2.
Members of the Christchurch South Battalion of the New Zealand Home Guard marching in 1941.
A group of New Zealand Army Engineers from 3rd Field Company, carry out a mobile bridge exercise on Victoria Lake, Hagley Park, in 1941. The exercise involved ferrying a military truck across the lake using a raft and paddles.
A group of officials inspecting the Fort Jervois gun pit on Ripapa Island near Diamond Harbour in the 1940s.
Members of the Third Composite Company of the New Zealand Army Corps with trucks and a motor-cycle lined up along a residential street in 1940.
Post war: A 1942 United States Honey tank on its journey from New Brighton to Woolston in 1971.
