Who Fired the First Shot?
New Zealand claims the honour of firing the first shot in the war for the British Forces. This may become history. Immediately prior to the official declaration of war, territorials of the Fifteenth Heavy Battery, who were on duty for shipping examination, challenged a merchant vessel at the entrance to Wellington Harbour. When the ship did not answer the signal the Battery fired a warning shot. During the last war a similar claim was made by gunners of the Royal Australian Artillery, who challenged a merchant ship outside Port Phillip.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 16, 13 October 1939, Page 3
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95Who Fired the First Shot? New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 16, 13 October 1939, Page 3
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