discuss document export feedback print share Cenotaph Stories View by topic: Purple Poppy Day All WWI WWII Vietnam War New Zealand Wars South African War Māori Pacific Nursing Corps Army Navy Air Force Gallipoli Commemoration Korean War Malaya Thailand Servicewomen Anzac Day Online Cenotaph Cenotaph Updates Coastwatchers Conflict and Peace Christopher Pugsley Te Reo Collection Information Access Pou Maumahara Stories Volunteers Wāhine Māori Merchant Navy Jayforce Prisoners of War Pacific Language Weeks Purple Poppy Day Peacekeeping Peacekeeping South East Asia South East Asia Influenza Influenza Chinese Chinese Indian Indian Museum Staff Museum Staff Cold War Cold War Show more A collie for the service corpsGail Romano, Associate Curator History On this Purple Poppy Day, Associate Curator, Gail Romano acknowledges the contribution of the mascot Sam. Sam was ‘a handsome English collie dog’ gifted to the Canterbury section of the New Zealand Army Service Corps during WWI.Read more Purple Poppy DayCOMMEMORATING OUR WAR ANIMALSThis page is to acknowledge the war animals who served and died during times of war. Please feel free to leave a message or lay a purple poppy to commemorate those war animals who served and supported our military personnel.Read more A Menagerie of MascotsBy Heather DownieVolunteer, Online Cenotaph and Pou Maumahara Our volunteer Heather, writes about a Menagerie of Mascots who fought alongside their friends and masters throughout the First and Second World Wars. Read more Caesar the Anzac dogOne of the most beloved items in the Auckland War Memorial Museum's collections belonged not to a serviceperson, but to a canine hero.Read more