Dr. Wendy Maddocks (Nurse Academic, Amateur Historian, Christchurch, New Zealand www.doctorwendy.net) In my research about the Swedes who fell at the Western Front in the Great War I have some Swedish born soldiers who emigrated to New Zealand. Dr Wendy Maddocks discovered the soldier Oscar Backman here on my web page, and through our normal … Continue reading 2021 – The Swedish New Zealander in the Great War – The story of Pvt Oscar Rinaldo Backman